APUSH 20 – History – Flashcards
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Prohibition party
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third party that persistently campaigned for the abolition of alcohol but has also introduced many important reform ideas into American Politics
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greenback party
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third party of the 1870s and 1880s that collected temporary support by advocating currency inflation to expand the economy and assist debtors
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populist party
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a major third party of the 1890s formed on the basis of the Farmers' Alliance and other reform organizations
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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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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 Women's Suffrage Association
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the org formed in 1890 that coordinated the ultimately successful campaign to achieve women's right to vote
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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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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 first federal regulatory agency,the interstate commerce commmission
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Interstate commerce commission (ICC)
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the first federal regulation agency, established in 1887 to oversee railroad practices
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Sherman antitrust act
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the first 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
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misleading slogan that referred to a conservative policy of restricting the money supply and adhering to the gold standard
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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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farmers' alliance
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a broad mass movement in the rural south and west during the late nineteenth century, encompassing several organizations and demanding economic and political reforms
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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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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
