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30 Cards in this Set
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Abraham Lincolin |
President when the homestead Act was passed by Congress 1862 |
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Joseph McCoy |
Created Chisholm trail for long distance cattle drives |
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Joseph Glidden |
invented barbed wire |
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William McKinley |
Republican presidential candidate 1896 |
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richard sears |
Famous for his mail catalog |
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Oliver Kelley |
founded the grange
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populist party
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wanted economic policical reforms that would help all americans |
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james weaver |
Populist candidate for president 1892 |
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Jacob Coxey |
marched to washingtong DC with aobut 200 people wanting reforms. |
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democratic/Populist presidential candidate 1896 |
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Gold seekers ventured west |
During the Colorado gold rush "Pikes Peak or Bust!" |
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New mining techniques produced ores for industry
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new inventions of this age included the dynamo , light bulb, and the telephone. |
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the word “bonanza” was important |
Said by miners when they found a large vein of valuable ore |
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The Comstock Lode was developed
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used by the prospectors to try and find gold |
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The chances for the individual prospector to find big $$$ were slim
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once the loose chunks of gold where removed from the surface large machinery was required to dig into the earth to split the quartz where gold often was |
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. Western mining did horrible things to the environment
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Rock dust from drilling was often dumped into river beds,Poisonous underground gases, mostly containing sulfur, were released into the atmosphere.mercurypolluted local streams and rivers
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There was a distinct socio-economic ladder in mining towns
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Whites owned and managed all of the mines. Poor whites, Mexicans and Chinese Americans worked the mine shafts.
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The Chisholm Trail was made, 1867
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Texas to Abilene, Kansas he Texas cowboys drove the cattle the entire distance — 1500 miles
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Americans didn’t invent the cowboy
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This tradition was learned from thevaquero, a Mexican cowboy.
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The heyday of the Long Drive was short
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rail lines reached Texas so the cattle could be shipped directly to the slaughterhouses.
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Congress passed the Homestead Act, 1862
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That landmark piece of legislation provided 160 acres free to any family who lived on the land for five years and made improvements.
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There were many economic difficulties associated with farm life
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overproduction. the food market became so flooded with goods that prices fell sharply.
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Farmers lacked political power
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With each neighbor on 160-acre plots of land, communication was difficult and loneliness was widespread.
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Local Granges sponsored dances
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. It was only natural that politics and economics were discussed in these settings, and the Grangers soon realized that their individual problems were common.
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States passed Granger Laws, 1874
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establishing maximum shipping rates. Grangers also pooled their resources to buy grain elevators of their own so that members could enjoy a break on grain storage.
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Farmers wanted an inflationary economic environment
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made it easier to pay off their debts |
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the Greenback Party ran candidates for President in the 1870s and 1880s
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. No candidate was able to muster national support for the idea, and soon farmers chose another strategy.
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McKinley stayed out of the public eye
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leaving the campaigning to party hacks and fancy posters
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Bryan launched a whistle-stop effort
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold
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In 1896 the economy was improving
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. Farm prices were rising in 1896
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