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23 Cards in this Set
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Brand-Allison Silver Purchase Act:
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This act, compromised between groups favoring the coinage of silver and those who opposed it, called for the partial coinage of silver. Those favoring silver coinage argued that it would add to the currency and help farmers and workers; Those who opposed it pointed out that few other major companies accepted silver coinage. President Rutherford B. Hayes vetoed the bill in 1878, but congress overrode his veto.
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Gold-Standard Act:
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Passed by congress in 1900, this law declared gold the nation standard of currency, meaning that all currency in circulation had to be redeemable in gold. The united states on the gold standard until 1933.
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Homestead Act:
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Legislation granting 160 acres of land to anyone who payed a ten dollar fee and pledged to live on and cultivate the land for 5 years. Although there was a good deal of fraud, the act encouraged a large migration to the west.
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Ocala Demands:
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Adopted by the farmers alliance by an 1890 meeting in Ocala, Florida, these demands became the organizations main platform. They called for the creation of a sub-treasury system to allow farmers to store their crops until they could get the best price. The free coinage of silver and end of protective tariffs and national banks of federal income tax the direct election of senators by voters, and tighter regulation of railroads.
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Pendleton Act:
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Passed by congress in 1883, with the backing of president chester. This act sought to lessen the involvement of politicians in the running of government. It created a bi-partist on civil service.
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Pullman Strike:
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Workers struck to protest wage cuts, high rents for company housing, and layoffs; the american railway union joined the strike in june.
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Sherman Anti-Trust Act:
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Passed by congress in 1890, this act was the first major US attempt to deal legislatively with the increase of size of business.
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act:
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an act that attempted to resolve the controversy over silver coinage. Under it, the US history would purchase 4.5 million ounces of silver each month and issue legal tender for it. THe act pleased opponents of silver because it did not call for free coinage; it pleased proponents of silver because it brought up most of the nation's silver production.
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Minor vs. Happersett:
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in 1875, the supreme court upheld the power of the states to deny this right to women. Congress refused to pass a constitutional amendment for women suffrage.
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Williams vs. Mississippi:
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in 1890, mississippi required voters to be able to read and interpret the federal constitution to the satisfaction of registration officials, all of them white. Such literacy tests, which the supreme court upheld in the case of Williams vs. Mississippi excluded poor white voters as well as blacks.
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Munn vs. Illinois:
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in the important case of Munn vs. Illinois 1887, the supreme court upheld the illinois legislation, declaring that private propertyaffected with the public interest.
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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC):
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created by congress in 1887, this agency was athorizes to ivestigate and oversee railroad activities. It also outlawed rebates and pooling agreements. An early attempt to remove certain issues from politics and turn them over to experts. The ICC became a prototype for the federal commissions that regulate many parts of the american economy today.
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Wabash Decision:
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in the wabash case of 1886, it narrowed the Munn ruling and held that states could not regulate commerce extending beyond their borders.
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Interstate Commerce Act:
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created the interstate commerce commission.
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James G. Blaine:
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was defeated by Grover Cleveland in the election of 1844 because of the continuing divisions in the republican party.
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McKinley tariff act:
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it raised tariff duties 4 percent, higher than ever before. it included a novel reciprocity provision that allowed the president to lower duties if other countries did the same. The act used duties to promote new industries, such as tinplate for packaging the new "canned" foods appearing on grocery store shelves.
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U.S vs. E.C Knight:
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in the united states vs. E.C Knight decision, the first judicial interpretation of the law, the supreme court severely crippled it. it controlled 98% of all sugar refining in the country.
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Billion Dollar Congress:
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it passed a record number of significant laws that helped shape later policy and asserted the authority of the federal government to a degree the country would not then accept. Democrats, therefore,labeled it the Billion Dollar Congress for spending that much in appropriation and grants.
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National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union:
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promised unified action to solve agricultural problems.
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Greenback-labor Party:
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a third party.
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Industrial Black Friday:
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on may 5, 1893, wall street's worst day until the great crash of 1929 became industrial black friday.
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Panic of 1893:
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in february, panic suddenly his the new york stock market. in one day, investors dumped one million shares of a leading company, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and it went bankrupt.
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Coxey's Army:
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an army of about 300 people that left Massillon, Ohio.
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