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17 Cards in this Set
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What was "Waving the Bloody Shirt"?
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A tactic used by Republicans to remind the voters that the Democratic Southerners were ex-rebels
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What was a Political Machine?
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An organization that nominated a candidate for local office and turned out large numbers of voters on election day
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Why were political parties afraid to take a stand on controversial issues?
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They were afraid to disagree with voters and they thought that they would lose support
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How were farmers hurt by deflation after the civil war?
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The protective tariffs hat were no longer necessary were still in effect and caused unnecessarily high costs for foreign products
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What was the source of inspiration for American realists?
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Slum life, labor unrest, political corruption and capturing the flavor of of people and places
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How would working as a newspaper reporter serve as good training for a realist?
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It was good training for being a writer and showed what people who read the newspaper were interested in reading
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What subjects did realistic painters illustrate?
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Realistic subjects like human anatomy and surgical operations
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Solid South
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Term applied to the southern states that as a group supported the democratic party
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Native Son
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Political candidate from a key state who is nominated in hopes of carrying that state in a national election
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Close State
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State neither strongly Republican nor strongly Democratic where either party might win in a national elecion
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Political Machines
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Tammany Hall
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Bosses
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Franchises
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Kickbacks
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Sitting on the Fence
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Monetary Policy
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