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Chapter 20
Politics and Government
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02/17/2008

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Coxey's Army
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A protest march of unemployed workers led by Populist businessman Jacob Coxey, demanding inflation and a public works program during the depression of the 1890s.
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Farmers' Alliance
Definition
A broad mass movement in the rural south and west during the late 19th century, encompassing several organizations and demanding economic and political reforms; helped create the Populist Party
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Free Silver
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Philosophy that the government should expand the money supply by purchasing and coining all the silver offered to it.
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Granger Laws
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State laws enacted in the Midwest in the 1870s that regulated rates charged by railroads, grain elevator operators, and other middlemen.
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Greenback Party
Definition
A 3rd party of the 1870s and 1880s that garnered temporary support by advocating currency inflation to expand the economy and assist debtors.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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The 1887 law that expanded federal power over business by prohibiting pooling and discriminatory rates by railroads and establishing the 1st federal regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Definition
The 1st federal regulatory agency, established in 1887 to oversee railroad practices.
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Laissez-faire
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The doctrine that government should not intervene in the economy, especially through regulation.
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Mugwumps
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Elitist and conservative reformers who favored sound money and limited government and opposed tariffs and the spoils system.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
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The organization formed in 1890, that coordinated the ultimately successful campaign to achieve women's right to vote.
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Omaha Platform
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The 1892 platform of the Populist party repudiating laissez-faire and demanding economic and political reforms to aid distressed farmers and workers.
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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A law of 1883 that reformed the spoils system by prohibiting government workers from making political contributions and creating the Civil Service Commission to oversee their appointment on the basis of merit rather than politics.
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Populist Party
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A major 3rd party of the 1890s, also know as the People's Party. Formed on the basis of the Southern Farmers' Alliance and other reform organizations, it mounted electoral challenges against the Democrats in the South and the Republicans in the West.
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Prohibition Party
Definition
A venerable 3rd party still in existence that has persistently campaigned for the abolition of alcohol but has also introduced many important reform ideas into American politics.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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The 1st federal antitrust measure, passed in 1890; sought to promote economic competition by prohibiting business combinations in restraint of trade or commerce.
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Sound money
Definition
Misleading slogan that referred to a conservative policy of restricting the money supply and adhering to the gold standard.
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James Garfield
Definition
Lincoln was the 1st president assassinated in the U.S. Who was the 2nd president that was killed in office.
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10
Definition
Women organizations sought to strengthen the laws against rape. 20 states had fixed the age of sexual consent at ____________.
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Weak
Definition
The Presidency between 1877 and 1900 was ____________________.
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Weak
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Congress between 1877 and 1900 was ____________.
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True
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True or False

 

 

More people voted in the presidential election in 1876 than in 1924.

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1. Republican

2. Democrat

Definition
What were the main (biggest) 2 parties during 1877 and 1900?
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Spoils system
Definition
What's the term for when the "Winner takes all after an election"?  In other words, if the Republicans were to win the elecion, then all of the patronage jobs would go to people who were Republcans.  If a person of another party was occupying a local, state or federal job, then that person would have to quit so that a person of the winning party could have the job.
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Does not benefit
Definition
Having a high tariff on an imported good or product __________________________ the consumer.
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Not helpful
Definition
During the Depression of the 1890s the Federal Government was _______________ to the unemployed worker and farmer.
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False
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True or False

 

 

President Cleveland favored the individual worker over big business. 

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1. William McKinley

2.  John F. Kennedy 

Definition
Name the 3rd and 4th presidents of the U.S. who were assassinated.
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