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42 Cards in this Set
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Laissez-faire
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the goverment was hands of for all of the labor unions. an also patronage
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The Gilded Age
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1.) close elections
2.) parties reluctant to take stance 3.) indistinct politicians |
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Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
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a social and political lobbying org. of the northern civil war veterans who "waved their shirt" to remind democrats who won the war.
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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Instructed the tresasury to buy, at current market prices, 4.5 million oz. of silver. also the gov. to make treasury notes for silver and gold
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Pendleton Civil Serice Act
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A commision to prepare competitive examinations and establish standards if merit for federal jobs. also prohibited collecting money from fed. office holders for campagins.
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Mugwumps
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Republican reformers who backed James Blaine
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Grange
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"Partrons of Husbandry" midwestern farmers who were starting to struggle.
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Farmers Alliance
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The Grange after the great plains joined. they started to make orgaizations like the nat. colored. alliance.
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Populist Party
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The "peoples" party. the formers from farmers. they wanted laws to protect farmers, rate protection from RR, protection from forclosure.
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Popuilst Party Omaha Platform
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-free coinage of silver 16:1
-graduated income tax (make more , pay more (land)) - federal loan program for farmers -gov. owned RR -gov. control ultites (phone, telegraph) |
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Goverment Omaha Platform
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- direct election of senators (17th amend)
-secret ballots -initiative -citizen- bills - recall- officals James B. Weaver (president) |
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Subtreasury Plans
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Devised by Charles Macune so that farmers could store non-imperishable items and get interest loans as collateral
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Lynching
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to kill a person for some alleged offense, usually mobs and a hanging (blacks)
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Plessy V. Ferguson
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The Louisiana law requiring seperate RR cars. segeration was constutial only if they were equal. "Seperate but equal"
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Booker T. Washington
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Black leader who urged blacks to prove their worth and ecomonmic value
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Panic of 1893
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The collapase of the Railroad and agricultural depression, reduced gold resurve-causes. Wide-spread jobless people 20 % farm forclosures. (Coxeys Army, Pulman Strike) The Ripple Effect.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Democrat for 1896 election "Cross of Gold" speech also populist nomiation
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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wrote-The influence of Sea Power upon History . was a expasionist for the sea. equated sea poqer with national greatness
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Josiah Strong
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wrote-Our Country said that Americans mission was to spread Christianty and this went with expansion
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Hawaii
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With expansion and trading with Hawaii they asked to become annexed by U.S. in 1898 Mckinley did.
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Clara Barton
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Leader of the American Association for Red Cross- got 1000 nurse to help with Spanish-American War
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Platt Amendemnt
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authorized American withdrawl only after cuba agreed not to make any treaty with a foreign power. limiting its independence
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Anti-imperalist league
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a group made up to protest american ruling other peoples. said it was not constutional
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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orgazied a independence movemnt. caputred phillipines main island and got independece. also attacked manila-a u.s base
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Carl Shurz
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republican reformer led mugwumps
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Jacob Coxey
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led a 500 man to washinton to protest the unemployment
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interstate commerce commsion
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made to regulate railroads
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the greenback party
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advocated an expanded money supply, health, saftey regulations for the workplace and other things to help farmers. they faded but help start the devate for gold vs. silver
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teller amendment
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the amendment to the declaration of war with spain stated that the u.s. had no desire to take over cuba
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Stalwarts
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support Grant& party spoils system led by Roscoe Conkling nom. Grant for 3rd term
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Half breed
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more liberal & reform-minded republicans led by James Blaine P- James Garfield
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Election of 1880
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Garfield narrowly wins. makes Blaine Sec. of State. Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau(stalwart) Chester Arthur takes over
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Chester Arthur
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supported civil service reform. vetoed many waseful appropriations
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Election of 1884
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Democrats win for very first time in 28 years. Grover vs. James Blaine. Grover won from mugwumps
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Grover Cleveland
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-platform was to lower tariffs
-fought fraud in civil war veterans - got on bad side of big biz and veterans |
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Election of 1888
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Rep-Ben Harrison Cleveland turned to be anti-biz and no tarrifs. big biz got harrison to win. rep. got white house
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Benjamin Harrison
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-no cabinet , 3 people
-passed mikinley tariff |
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Thomas Reed
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- changed speaker of the house role
-made "reed rules" "billion dollar congress |
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Election of 1892
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Grover Cleveland-D Ben Harrison-R James Weaver-Populist Cleveland wins from populists hating rep.
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Election of 1896
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Grover Cleveland defeated same caniadates.
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Wabash vs. Illinios
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prohibited states from regulating interstate railroad rates congress made the ICC
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Election of 1876
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Hayes defeated Sam Tilden. Hayes brings back dignity after grantism. pro-biz republican
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