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| 67812482 | Dawes Severalty Act, 1887- | Also called the General Allotment Act, it tried to dissolve Indian tribes by redistributing the land. Designed to forestall growing Indian proverty, it resulted in many Indians losing their lands to speculators. | |
| 67812483 | Frederick Jackson Turner, Frontier Thesis | American historian who said that humanity would continue to progress as long as there was new land to move into. The frontier provided a place for homeless and solved social problems. | |
| 67812485 | Comstock Lode | Rich deposits of silver found in Nevada in 1859. | |
| 67812488 | Serman Silver Purchase Act1890- | Directed the Treasury to buy even larger amounts of silver that the Bland-Allison Act and at inflated prices. The introduction of large quantities of overvalued silver into the ecomony lead to a run on the ferderal gold reserves, leading to the Panic of 1893. Repealed in 1893. | |
| 67812491 | Free Silver- | Movement for using silver in all aspects of currency. Not adopted because all other countries used a gold standard. | |
| 67812493 | Coxey's army 1893 | Group of unemployed workers led by Jacob Coxey who marched from Ohio to Washington to draw attention to the plight of workers and to ask for government relief. Government arrested the leaders and broke up the march in Washington. | |
| 67812494 | Repeal of Serman's Silver Purchase Act 1893 | Act repealed by President Cleveland to protect gold reserves. | |
| 67812495 | Farmer's Alliance- | Movement which focused on cooperation between farmers. They all agreed to sell crops at the same high prices to eliminate competition. Not successful. | |
| 67812496 | Ocala Demands 1890 | The leaders of what would later become the Populist Party held a national convention in Ocala, Florida and adopted a platform advocating reforms to help farmers. | |
| 67812497 | Populist Party platform, Omaha platform | Offically named the People's Party, but commonly known as the Populist Party, it was founded in 1891 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Wrote a platform for the 1892 election (running for president-James Weaver, vice president-James Field) in which they called for free coinage of silver and paper money; national income tax; direct election of senators; regulation of railroads; and other government reforms to help farmers. The part was split between South and West. | |
| 67812504 | Williams Jenning Bryan- | Three-time candidate for president for the Democratic Party, nominated because of support from the Populist Party. He never won, but was the most important Populist in American history. He later served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State (1913-1915). | |
| 67812505 | "Cross of Gold" Speech- | Given by Bryan on June 18, 1896. He said people must not be "crucified on a cross of gold", referring to the Republicanproposal to eliminate silver coinage and adopt a strict gold standard. | |
| 67812506 | Election of 1896: candidates and issues- | William McKinley Republican, North, industry and high tariffs. Williams Bryan-Democrat, West and South, farmers and low tariffs. The main issues were the coinage of silver and protective tariffs. | |
| 67812508 | Gold Standard Act 1900 | This was signed by McKinley. It stated that all paper money would be backed only by gold. This meant that the government had to hold gold in reserve in case people decided they wanted to trade in their money. Eliminated silver coins, but allowed paper Silver Certificates issued under the Bland-Allison Act to continue to circulate. | |
| 67812515 | In Re Debs 1894 | Eugene Debs organised the Pullman strike. A federal court found him guilty of restraint of trade, stopping US mail, and disobeying a government injunction to stop the strike. He later ran for president as a candidate of the Social Democratic Party. | |
| 67812516 | James G. Blaine, Pan-Americanism- | The 1884 nomination for the Rebublican presidential candidate. Pan-Americanism stated that events in the Americans affected the U.S. and we thus had reason to intervene. | |
| 67812519 | "Yellow journalism"- | Term used to describe the sensationalist newspaper writings of the time. They were written on cheap yellow paper. The most famous yellow journalist was William Randolf Hearst. Yellow journalism was considered tainted journalismomissions and half-truths. | |
| 67812521 | Captain Alfred Thayler Mahan- | In 1890, he wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History. He was a proponent of building a large navy. He said that a new, modern navy was necessary to protect the international trade America depended on. | |
| 67812526 | Maine explodes- | February 15, 1898 An explosion from a mine in the Bay of Havanna crippled the warship Maine. The U.S. blamed Spain for the incident and used it as an excuse to go to war with Spain. | |
| 67812529 | Cleveland and Hawaii- | President Cleveland did not want to forcibly annex Hawaii, so he waited five years to do so. McKinley finally did it. Cleveland felt the annexation overstepped the federal government's power. | |
| 67812530 | Queen Liliuokalani- | Queen of Hawaii who gave the U.S. naval rights to Pearl Harbor in 1887. Deposed by American settlers in 1893. | |
| 67812531 | Annexation of Hawaii- | By the late 1800s, U.S. had exclusive use of Pearl Harbor. In July 1898, Congress made Hawaii a U.S. territory, for the use of the islands as naval ports. |
