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| stressed tariffs in 1888 election against Benjain Harrison; won popular vote but lost eletoral |
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| won 1888 election against Grover Cleveland |
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| Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr |
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| founded Hull House- a settlement home in Chicago that sought to end poverty, disease, and political corruption |
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| stench manure, open sewers, teeming sidewalks, smoke from factories |
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| New immigrants were from countriside to city and from southern and eastern europe into cities and had cultures and values that clashed with others. |
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| political machine of the era who used his influence to gain large city contracts for his associates and supporters; brought down quickly, but provided a lot of jobs for area |
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| an interlocking system in politics of oprations in each ward that ward to deliver votes for their party at conventions |
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| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
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| barred Chinese entry into U.S. for 10 years |
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| Homer A. Plessy & Plessy vs. Ferguson |
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| Plessy= 1/8 black, boarded a train and was asked to move because he was in a white cart, but he refused and was arrested. |
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| Happened at Carnige's steel plant; wages were cut and there was no negotiations for skilled workers. Law enforcement had to break up the resulting strike |
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| National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) |
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| Captian of U.S. navy wrote Influence of Seapower; wanted U.S. to seek global greatness though sea power and was concerned about trade |
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| made it illegal for companies to seek a monopoly on a product or service, or form cartels. |
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| formed in 1880's and had 1 million members. Ran papers at national and state level, larger areas and speakers, and more intent on make political impact. |
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First farmer group organized; nonpolitical party, but almost 1 million members
More social than political.
Realized that venting and feasting wasn't changing anything and that they needed political power |
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| Ran for populist party in presidential election of 1892. He was first 3 party candidate to get 1 million votes |
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Intersted in free coinage of silver
This put rich vs. poor, NE vs SE, have vs. havenots
Farmers thought wasn't enough money in circulation |
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| Wanted federal regulation of railroads because individual railroads were charging whatever they wanted for shipping farmers goods and farmers were at their mercy |
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| Populists wanted direct election of US senators instead of state legislators picking them and elected men from the same families |
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| Wanted a subtreasury plan to regulate prices for farm goods. Goods would stay stored until there was a demand for them, but this was never passed |
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