Chapter 19 Apush Test Questions – Flashcards
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Half Breeds and Stalwarts
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They were the "traditional" Republicans who opposed Rutherford B. Hayes' civil service reform. They were pitted against the "Half-Breeds" (moderates) for control of the Republican Party. The only real issue between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds was patronage.
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Roscoe Conkling
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Roscoe Conkling was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Wikipedia
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James A. Garfield
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James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wikipedia
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Chester A. Arthur
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Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States; he succeeded James Garfield upon the latter's assassination. Wikipedia
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Pendleton Act
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The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403) of United States is a federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit.
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James G. Blaine
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James Gillespie Blaine was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the House from ... Wikipedia
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Mugwumps
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ˈməɡˌwəmp/ nounNORTH AMERICAN a person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics.
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The Grange
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2. (in the US) a farmers' association organized in 1867. The Grange sponsors social activities, community service, and political lobbying.
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Oliver H. Kelley
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Oliver Hudson Kelley is considered the "Father" of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Wikipedia Born: January 20, 1826, Boston, MA Died: January 20, 1913, Washington, D.C.
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Farmers' Declaration of Independence
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It cited all of their grievances and in which they vowed to free themselves from the tyranny of monopoly.
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Farmers' Alliances
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The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished in the 1870s and 1880s.
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Mary E. Lease
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Mary Elizabeth Lease was an American lecturer, writer, and political activist. She was an advocate of the suffrage movement as well as temperance but she was best known for her work with the Populist party. Wikipedia
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Tom Watson
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Thomas Edward "Tom" Watson (September 5, 1856 - September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia.
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Free Silver
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adjective denoting a US political movement for the free coinage of silver, especially that of the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
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Ignatius Donnelly
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Ignatius Loyola Donnelly was a U.S. Congressman, populist writer and amateur scientist, known primarily now for his theories concerning Atlantis, Catastrophism, and Shakespearean authorship, which many ... Wikipedia
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Omaha Platform 1892
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The Omaha Platform, adopted by the founding convention of the party on July 4, 1892, set out the basic tenets of the Populist movement. The movement had emerged out of the cooperative crusade organized by the Farmer's Alliance in the 1880s.
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Panic of 1893
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The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in that year. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures.
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Coxey's Army
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Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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DEFINITION of 'Sherman Antitrust Act' Anti-monopoly U.S. legislation which attempted to increase economic competitiveness. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 made it illegal for companies to seek a monopoly on a product or service, or form cartels.
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McKinley Act
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The McKinley Tariff was a name popularly given to a law enacted by the United States Congress in 1890 increasing the tariffs on some goods imported into the United States. It was named after Congressman William McKinley, who would later become President of the United States.
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James B. Weaver
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James Baird Weaver was a member of the United States House of Representatives and two-time candidate for President of the United States. Born in Ohio, he moved to Iowa as a boy when his family claimed a homestead on the frontier. Wikipedia
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Wilson Gorman Tariff
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The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 (ch. 349, §73, 28 Stat. 570, August 27, 1894) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax.
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Granger Laws
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The Granger Laws were a series of laws passed in several midwestern states of the United States, namely Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, in the late 1860s and early 1870s. The Granger Laws were promoted primarily by a group of farmers known as the Grange.
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Interstate Commerce Act
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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.
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Populism
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Populism is a political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general people, especially contrasting those interests with the interests of the elite.
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Bi-Metallism
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bīˈmedlˌizəm/ nounhistorical a system allowing the unrestricted currency of two metals (e.g., gold and silver) as legal tender at a fixed ratio to each other.
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Crime of 1873
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CRIME OF 1873 refers to the omission of the standard silver dollar from the coinage law of 12 February 1873. The sixty-seven sections of the law constituted a virtual codification of the then extant laws relating to the mints and coinage.
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was a United States federal law enacted on July 14, 1890.
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William H. Harvey's "Coin's Financial School"
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Coin's Financial School was a popular pamphlet written in 1894 that helped popularize the free silver and populist movements.
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Marcus A. Hanna
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Marcus Alonzo "Mark" Hanna was a Republican United States Senator from Ohio and the friend and political manager of President William McKinley. Wikipedia
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William Jennings Bryan
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William Jennings Bryan was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States. Wikipedia
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Cross of Gold Speech
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Cross of Gold speech definition. An address by the presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan to the national convention of the Democratic party in 1896.
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Front Porch Campaign
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A front porch campaign is a low-key electoral campaign used in American politics in which the candidate remains close to or at home to make speeches to supporters who come to visit. The candidate largely does not travel around or otherwise actively campaign.
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Gold Standard Act 1900
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The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 (approved on March 14) and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold). It was signed by President William McKinley.
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Dingley Tariff
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The Dingley Act of 1897 (ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151, July 24, 1897), introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, raised tariffs in United States to counteract the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, which had lowered rates.
