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28 Cards in this Set
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Andrew Carneige
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Scottish-born industrialist who developed the US steel industry
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bloody shirt
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repb. campaign tactic that blamed dem. for the civil war
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coxey's army (1894)
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unemployed workers led by jacob coxey who marched to D.C. demanding a gov't road-building program and currency inflation for the needy
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credit mobilier
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major scandal of Grant's second term; a construction company, bilked the gov't out of $20-40million in building the transcontinental railroad
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dawes general allotment act (1887)
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abolished communal ownership on Indian reservations
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Eugene Debs
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labor leader arrested during the Pullman strike; a convert to socialism
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"free silver"
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political movement to inflate currency by gov't issuance of $16 of silver for every $1 of gold in circulation
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"grandfather clause"
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laws in southern states that exempted voters from taking literacy tests or paying poll taxes if their grandfather had votes as of Jan. 1, 1867
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granger movement (1867)
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farmers' organization and movement that started as a social/educational association
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Grover Cleveland
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only democrat elected president from 1856-1912
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haymarket riot (1886)
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violent incident at a workers' rally held in Chicago's haymarket square
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homestead act (1862)
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encouraged westward settlement by allowing heads of families to buy 160 acres of land for a small fee ($10-30)
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James B. Weaver
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former civil war general who ran for president w/ the greenback party
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Jim Crow laws
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series of laws passed in southern states in the 1880's and 90's that segregated the races in many facts of live
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John Rockefeller
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founder of Standard Oil Company
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knights of labor
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labor union founded in 1869 and built by Terrance V. Powderly
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"new immigration"
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wave of immigration from the 1880's until the early 20th century
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pendleton act (1883)
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reform passed by congress that restricted the spoils system
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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supreme court case about Jim Crow railroad carts in LA; the court decided by 7 to 1 that legislation couldn't overcome racial attitudes
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populist party (1892)
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largely farmers' party aiming to inflate currency and to promote gov't action against railroads and trusts
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Samuel Gompers
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labor leader and president of American Federation of Labor
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sherman anti-trust act (1890)
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1st federal action against monopolies
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social darwinism
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application of Darwin's theory of evolution to the business world`
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stalwarts
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repbs. in the 1870's who supported Grant and Conkling
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transcontinental railroad
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linked the nation from coast to coast in 1869. union pacific railroad built west from Omaha, and the central pacific started east from Sacramento
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tweed ring
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scandal in NYC; William Tweed headed a corrupt democratic political machine that looted $100-200 million from the city
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William Jennings Bryan
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spokesman for agrarian western values, 1896-1925; 3 time democratic presidential nominee
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William McKinley
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repb. president who represented the conservative eastern establishment
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