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320657157Frances Willardtemperance and womens's suffrage advocate; leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union0
320657158Henry Clay Fricktoughest anti-labor man in the steel industry; put in charge of the Homestead plant1
320657159Alexander BerkmanRussian immigrant who killed the strike by trying to assasinate Frick2
320657160George M. Pullmanowner of a railroad car making company3
320657161Eugene V. Debsleader of the American Railway Union4
320657162Elizabeth Cady Stantonsuffragette who established the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)5
320657163Susan B. Anthonysuffragette who established the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)6
320657164William McKinleygovernor of Ohio; Republican candidate7
320657165William Jennings Bryan36-year-old Democratic candidate from Nebraska also backed by the People's Party8
320657166Tom WatsonBryan's running mate who was chosen by the People's Party9
320657167Theodore Rooseveltan expasionist who was in the Navy and orchestrated the attack on Manilla in the Philippines10
320657168Farmer's AllianceLampass County Texas; farmer's union11
320657169Colored Farmer's AllianceAfrican American farmer's union in Texas12
320657170People's Party (Populist Party)new 3rd party; farmers, laborers, and common folk; started Populist Movement13
320657171subtreasuryfarmers store nonperishable crops and receive commodity credit from the government14
320657172Homestead lockoutstrike for better working conditions, higher wages, shorter hours, and control over mechanization--lockout of Carnegie mill; involved Frick and hired Pinkerton security guards; broken by Berkman's attempted assasination of Frick15
320657173Cripple Creek Miner's strike of 1894Colorado; caused by demands for a shorter work day16
320657174American Railway Union (ARU)railway union that supported the strikers in the Pullman boycott17
320657175Pullman boycottARU boycotted Pullman railway cars18
320657176Coxey's Armyled by Jacob S. Coxey (Massilon, OH) army of inemplyed marched on Washington19
320657177Boxer uprisingChinese club that killed Chinese Christians and missionaries20
320657178Monroe DoctrineEurope stay out of Western affairs21
320657179Open Door policytrade with China don't colonize it22
320657180Spanish-American WarIn 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence; US gainedPuerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines23
320657181yellow journalismJournalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers; named for the colored ink used24

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