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35640712sharecropper systemwhite landowners allowed former slaves to plant on their land they would get 20-30%
35640713black codesrules and regulations to discriminate the former slaves
3564071413 amendmentno more slavery
3564071514 amendmentgives due process of law
3564071615 amendmentgives the black man the right to vote
35640717civil rights actblacks cannot be discriminated in public facilities
35640718freedmens bureauhelped the former slaves get land
35640719compromise of 1877tilden v. hayes there was this big dispute who had won the presidency. the democrats said they had won and the republicans said they had won. Tilden had won the popular vote. Set the electoral commission that would determine which party would win and agreed that Hayes wins Democrats accepted if they could get control of the south
35640720jim crowsystem of laws that discriminate against african american
35640721Plessy vs FergusonPlessy ferguson was a man who was 1/8 black and one day decided to sit in the white only part of the train he was arrested and tried this was the seperate but equal ruling
35640722homestead actgave farmers public land if they worked on it for 5 years and then it would become yours
35640723morrill actset up land grants for insititutions
35640724hatch actset up agricultrual experiment stations
35640725cyrus mccormickset up the reaper made farming more easier
35640726oliver kellyhe established the grange
35640727the grangewas established for social purposes but it was also established to help the farmers by asking to regulate railroad fees
35640728populiststhey emerged after the farmers alliances to form this party they were farmers the working man
35640729populist platformunlimited coinage of silver, flexible currency system controlled by the govt, 8 hr workday, postal service, public ownership of land, secret ballot for vote, referendum and recall, direct election of senators
35640730Mary Leaseknown for her work with the populist party
35640731panic of 1893unemployment rose railroad wents bankrupt
35640732coxeys armywealthy man who called himself general he said that building roads to connect states will put the unemployed to work and he went to washington to state what he thought he arrived with a big group of people and he was sent to jail
35640733Williams j bryantraveled the counry candidate 1896 election cross of gold speech
356407341896 electionbryan vs mckingley bryan went around the country to get peoples vote while mckingley avoided the issues
35640735significance of 1896 electionold vs new politics and there was a change in republicans and democrats
35640736what were the foundations for expansionismtrade social religious intellectual social darwinism
35640737turnerhe talked about a safety valve that the frontier was and that led americans to become successful
35640738josiah strongmissionary that said that we are our brothers keepers and that we should help Christianize
35640739last american frontierpeople wanted to expand the frontier
35640740federick johnson turnersaid that there was no frontier and that frontier changed
35640741giddeons internationalbible more and more misssionarys went overseas
35640742mahanwrote the influence of power that navys are essential cause they help you defend your nation and increase national prosperity
35640743hawaiiking dies and queen liliuckalan step in and disbands the legislators because it is dominated by americans
35640744dolehe started the revolt against the hawaiian natives he requested to become part of the states dole proclaimed independence he wanted to be part of the union but the president at the time refused
35640745spanish american warcuba was fighting spain for its independence and this general weyler was sent to stop the insurrection and this leads to yellow journalism
35640746general weylerhe put the cubans in concentration camps
35640747hearst and pulitzersensationlized storys of what was really going on during the war
35640748delome letterthe spanish prime minister wrote a letter that pres mckingley was weak
35640749uss maineexploded and it was blamed on the spanish led people to believe that they wanted war
35640750reedvaccination for yellow fever
35640751peace of parisgave cuba philipines puerto rico guam hawaii samoa
35640752philipines ordealthere was a big debate whether america should give back the filipinos their independence pro-wanted to christianize them and business opportunities and con they were not white there are going to be costs
35640753triangle factoryfire in ny where women died because there was no fire code the building caught fire the ladder that they used would not even reach where the women were stuck
35640754the muckrakersjournalists novelists historians who revealed the problems of society
35640755lincoln steffensuc berkely graduate who wrote the shame of cities
35640756lafollettetook considerable control from the corrupt corporations and returned it to the people. he was the governor of wisconsin
35640757addamshull house established settlement houses that took care of immigrants
35640758rooseveltsquare deal conservationalism trust bustin executive power
35640759hepburn actregulated rr consequently helped 60% of americans
35640760coal strikeroosevelt negotiated with the owner and miners
35640761taftwas just liek roosevelt did more trustbusting
35640762elkins actdealt with rr regulation it strengthened the ability
3564076316 amendmentpersonal income tax
3564076417 amendmentdirect election of senators
35640765mann actprohibited the transportation of women across the state lines for prostitution
35640766clayton antitrust actcan only be on one board
35640767federal trade commissionstopped the fake claims on ads
35640768federal reserve boardreserve note national banks join fed to set up interest rates
35640769estate taxaffects richest 2 percent 'death tax' during war
3564077018prohibition
35640771harrison actsetup of antinarcotics control
35641197bartonjesus is a young aggressive executive
35641198billy sundayfundalmentalist felt bible should be taken literally
35641199bonus marchthe veterans wanted their money they were intervened with the army

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