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21 Cards in this Set
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why was there a high voting turnout for elections? what were the 2 main problems of the time?
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1. money supply
2. civil service reform |
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explain the money supply arguement Who was for and against what? why?**
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- trying to put the country on an all gold standard
- there is gold, silver, and greenbacks - gold- big buisness's and corporations --because keeps prices high which=more money when traded over seas - silver- farmers --want more silver because allows more money to be printed for loans. Ex. sherman silver purchase act |
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explain the civil service reform. why was it being reformed? who pushed for reform?
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- the spoils system is corrupt and not working (put uneducated people in office because they granted favors)
- Pendleton Civil Service reform- created a professional civil service- now need to pass a test in order to be appointed. ex. of corrpution --pork barrel projects |
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what was the deal with pensions? significance?**
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- the GAR lobbies congress for pensions to people from the civil war.
- connects both the money issue and civil service reform: --corrput officals were getting kickbacks for giving pensions -- |
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How was the populist party created? What was its platform?
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-WEAVER
- fromed out of the farmers alliance - tariff reduction, graduated income tax, public owndership of RR, fed funding for irrigation research, free silver (proposed originally by the Farmers Alliance) - added: direct election of senators and other local election reforms (initiative, referendum, and recall) POWER TO THE PEOPLE |
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to what extent was the farmers movement a success**
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Grange-->Farmer's Alliance-->Populist party
- Grange- created to improve farmers economically and make finanically independent-FAILURE (at a time of depression) --success=Munn v. Illinois --failure=Wabash v. Illinois - FA- ease agrarian life (many lacked capital to do so)- turned to POLITICS (better political potential) - PP- pursued FA goals and added on own goals as well however lost election of 1896. |
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civil rights cases? for or against blacks?
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- Plessy v. Ferguson- seperate but equal facilities (jim crow laws are LEGAL) SEGREGATION IS ACCEPTABLE
- Brown v. Board- overturns Plessy v. Ferguson |
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What was the Grange? What problems did it encounter?
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- granger laws- able to pass laws that FAVOR FARMERS
- Munn v. Illinois- FAVORS GRANGER LAWS - Wabash v. Illinois- overturnsMunn v. Illinois- DEFEAT FOR GRANGER LAWS -- response= Interstate Commerce Commission- created to oversee RR regulation |
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What was the Farmer's Alliance?**
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- came after Grange
-tariff reduction, irrigation research, public ownership of RR,FREE silver, secret ballot |
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What did the grange and FA and PP push for?
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- Grange= farmers issues (Munn v. Wabash)
- FA=low tariff, control of RR, fed fudning irrigation, direct popular election - PP- agratian movement/demands |
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Solid South. What did the whites do? Why? Reaction of blacks?
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- all unified AGAINST BLACKS
- all about WHITE SUPREMEACY AND POWER - in order to ensure supremeacy: --lynching --grandfather clause --poll taxes --convict lease system --keep blacks out of alliances - blacks respond by creating their own institutions - Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois |
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Significane of panic of 1973? effects?
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- shows that even sober and hardworking people can suffer economically for reasons beyond their control
effects: - weakened laisse-faire support - unemployment, Pullman Strike, -proposed solution: Coxey's army- 500 million dollars of welfare programt money to be issued not backed by gold (fix unemployment) |
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significance of the election of 1896**
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-BIG CHANGE
- McKinley (R) v. Bryan (Democrat who adopted Populist Party reforms) - Democrats are pushed back to the south and PP party is destroyed --> high McKinley Tariff, all gold standard, and end of depression |
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Importance of the social gospel and settlement house work**
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- people taking it upon themselves to help the poor rather than encouraging the poor to reform themselves
- first sucessful social reform |
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gover cleveland's response to the depression of 1893?*
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- defend the gold standard- borrowed money from wall street and ended the drain of the gold reserve
- repealed the sherman silver purchase act - wilson gorman tariff- subordinated the money class- pollock decision ruled it unconstitutional |
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who was for and against tariffs? why?
-talk about two main tariffs |
- For high tariff= industry and workers
--protection from foreign competition --higher wages -against high tariff= farmers --hurt trade Willian Gorson Tariff- Cleveland, subordinated the money class --pollock decison ruled it unconstitutional 1986- high McKinley tariff |
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reasons for US expansion?
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1. economic demand for overseas markets
2. competition with Europe for land grab 3. religious justification- Josiah Strong "our country"- help those who they feel lack moral clarity (while really denouncing their way of life) 4. naval justification- we need to acquire and create ports through expanding - Mahan- US needs to expand naval fleet and acquire ports to defend new home 5. War in order to expand- Lodge, Hay, TR- will help with civil duty, manhood, and chivalry 6. Frontier thesis- need to acquire more territory now that frontier is closed in order to have a new safety valve |
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spanish american war causes
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- the war could have been averted
- wanted to make cuba independent from spain b/c of unfair treatement - spain sought peaceful solution but: - maine battleships - yellow yournalism blew incident out of porportion and increased war spirit - McKinley is pushed into war - Teller Amendment- declares that US will leave Cuba once independment |
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spanish american war outcome
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- acquire a lot of new territory (puerto rico, guam, phillipines)
- US can now secure more ports |
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opposition to imperialism? 1898
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1898- anti-imperialist league- believe by ruling other people US was violating the constitution adn declartion of independence
- feared competition from foreign cheap labor and products |
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conquest of phillipines shows?
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TRs agressiveness and imperialism
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