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18 Cards in this Set
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Who said African Americans should "pull themselves up by their own boot straps" |
Booker T Washington |
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What were the Chinese workers accused of on the West Coast |
That they had taken "white" jobs |
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What was the Chinese exclusion act of 1882? |
It prohibited Chinese laborer from entering the country |
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Could women vote in the late 1800s? |
No |
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What did Dubois think was the key to everything? |
Protest |
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What president in office during the Gilded age, was known for integrity |
Grover Cleveland |
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What did the populist party say would help raise crop prices? |
The coinage of "free silver" |
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What did Susan b Anthony do? |
She was arrested for voting in an election in New York |
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Why did farmers oppose the Gold Standard |
Silver would mean more money for farmers bc it is worth less than gold |
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Why did the coinage act of 1873 cause protest? |
Farmers favored silver over gold bc they wanted to increase infation and tbejr income |
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What group of people supported the populist party? |
Farmers |
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Who was Thomas Nast? |
Famous cartoonist |
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How did the spoils system make political parties more powerful? |
Filling important government positions with party supporters |
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What was poll tax |
Sum of money to be paid before a person could vote |
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What were farmers alliances |
Network of farmers organizations that worked for political and economic reforms in the late 1800s |
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Who was William McKinley |
Won elections of 1896 & 1900, republican candidate, accumulated 15 million$ & didn't travel campaigning, cast Bryan as a dictator |
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Who were the Las Gorras Blancas? |
Group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment |
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Who was Ida b wells? |
Bough a newspaper and named is free speech and wrote offer condemning black mistreated and lynching by white land owners |
