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Provided jobs to people according to their performance on examinations |
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Republican reformers who supported Cleveland for president |
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The reason why Mugwumps supported Cleveland for president |
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They were unhappy with Blaine the Republican candidate |
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Overturned act legalized segregation |
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How the federal government got inflation under control |
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They stopped printing greenbacks and began paying off their bonds |
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The goals of populists in the 1892 election |
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To strengthen the hand of government so that it could defend the public against what they saw as greedy and irresponsible private interests |
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Democrats controlled this part of congress |
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The House of Representatives |
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Republicans controlled this house of congress |
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Why it was a problem that the Senate was controlled by the Republicans and the House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrats |
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It caused a political stand still |
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The followers of Hayes who attacked the practice of patronage |
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Were against Hayes and supported patronage |
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Were members of the People party |
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Government jobs went to supporters of the winning party in an election |
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First national farm organization |
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Large Corporations set up by th Farmers' Alliance
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Taxes higher earnings more heavily than lower earnings |
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Tax prevented manyAfrican Americans from voting |
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Allowed any man to vote if they had an ancestor on the voting rolls |
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Laws enforced segregation |
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Assasinated after the Election of 1880 |
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Two groups the Democratic Party split into |
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The Goldbugs and the Silverites |
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Believed the American currency should be based only on gold |
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Believed coining unlimited silver would solve the nation's economic crisis |
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Executions without proper court proceedings |
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Established equal but seperate facilities for African Americans |
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Presidential candidate promised full lunch pail to workers |
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Was concerned with protecting and excercising voting rights for African Americans |
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Organized African American mass migration to Kansas |
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Said African Americans should focus on educational and economic goals |
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Launched a fearless campaign against lynching |
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Movement to increase farmers polical power and to work for legislation in their interests |
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroads declared Bankruptcy |
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Paper currency could not be exchanged for gold or silver |
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Pushed for political reforms that would help farmers solve their problems |
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Authorized the purchase of 4.5 million ounces of silver per month |
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
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Organization of African Americans who stayed in the South |
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Colored Farmers' National Alliance |
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Landless farmers gave their landlord a large share of their crops to cover rent and farm supplies |
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