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45 Cards in this Set
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frontier "safety valve"
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idea that unemployed city dwellers could move west and relieve labor conflict in the East
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Farmers' Alliance
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group that failed because it didn't include blacks
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populists (Populist party)
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party formed by farmers that appealed to workers, used women, opposed the gold standard
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Mark Hanna
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Republican Presidential campaign manager, raised enough money to challenge Bryan
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democratic candidate; hated banks, railroads, imperialism, Darwin, and trusts
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pro-silver campain
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campaign to use silver as specie
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McKinley
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Republican President (2 terms) helped by Mark Hanna
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The Battle of Little Big Horn
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Custer's massacre
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Black Hills
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intruded territory mined for gold that caused The Battle of Little Big Horn
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Pullman strike
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strike led by labor unions struck down by the US Gov
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Rockefeller
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big oil man, Gospel of Wealth
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JP Morgan
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big banker, vertical integration, formed US Steel Corp
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interlocking directorates
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pools
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14th amendment
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"all people are equal under the law", interpreted to include corporations
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New South
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improved South with greater industry
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Knights of Labor
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group that organized ALL workers, antagonized in Haymarket Square event
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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big railroad man
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Interstate Commerce Act (1887)
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stopped rebates, pools, secret rates, and price discrimination
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pools
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agreement to divide business in one area and share the profits
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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stopped trusts
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Andrew Carnegie
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big steel man, vertical integration, Gospel of Wealth
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trusts
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buying 51% of companies to gain control and monopoly
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James J. Hill
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big public-minded railroad man
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rep President, horrible leader, won b/c war successes, horribly corrupt leadership, supported by Unioners
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Tweed Ring
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NYC group who committed fraud left and right
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Jim Fisk and Jay Gould
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pair who scammed in gold dealings, et c.
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Liberal Republican Party
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party formed against Grant; failed
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Democratic Party
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party supported by Southerners
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The Hayes-Tilden Standoff (1876)
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election with no visible outcome
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Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
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"separate but equal" facilites
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Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
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banned Chinese from coming into the US b
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James A. Garfield
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Rep. President who hated to say "no"; assassinated by crazy man
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Chester Arthur
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Rep. President who picked up Garfield's term; passed Pendleton Act
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Pendleton Act
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act that took some corruption out of the political system
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Mugwumps
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Reps who switched over to Dem because they didn't like Blaine
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Grover Cleveland
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Dem. President who supported laissez-faire and low tariffs; did little for pro-silverites
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Benjamin Harrison
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Rep. President who did little
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"Billion-Dollar Congress"
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effective Congress led by Thomas "Czar" Reed (Speaker)
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Credit Mobilier Scandal
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railroad corporation fraud and the subsequent bribery of congressmen
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patronage
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picking a favorite political party and sticking to it until death
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Henry George and Edward Bellamy
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men who wanted less poverty and class conflicts
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Hull House
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place developed by Jane Addams to help immigrants
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Jews and Roman Catholics
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religious people who boomed in population
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Booker T. Washington
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black man who educated blacks
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WEB Du Bois
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man who founded the NAACP, wanted complete equality for blacks
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