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| 298824383 | interstate commerce commission | 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 ISS. | 0 | |
| 298824384 | Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act | a law of 1883 that reformed the spoils system by prohibiting gov workers from making political contributions and creating the civil service commission to oversee their appt on the basis of merit rather than politics. | 1 | |
| 298824385 | populist movement | a major third party that formed on basis of the southern farmers' alliance and other reform organizations. | 2 | |
| 298824386 | grange | the national grange of the patrons of husbandry a national organizations of farm owners formed after civil war | 3 | |
| 298824387 | granger laws | state laws enacted in the midwest that regulated rates charged by railroads grain elevator operators and other middlemen. | 4 | |
| 298824388 | farmers' alliance | broad mass movement in rural south & west during the late nineteenth century encompassing several organizations and demanding economic and political reforms. | 5 | |
| 298824389 | southern farmers' alliance | largest of several organizations that formed in post reconstruction south to advance the interests of beleguered small farmers. | 6 | |
| 298824390 | great uprising | unsuccessful railroad strike to protest wage cuts adn the use of federal troops against strikers, the first nationwide work stoppage in american history | 7 | |
| 298824391 | national women's suffrage association | organization formed in 1890 that coordinated the ultimately successful campaign to achieve women's right to vote | 8 | |
| 298824392 | coxey's army | protest march of unemployed workers, led by populist businessman jacob coxey demanding inflation and a public workers program during depression | 9 | |
| 298824393 | protective association | organizations formed by mine owners in response to the formation of labor unions | 10 | |
| 298824394 | sherman silver purchase act | directed the treasury to increase the amount of currency coined from silver mined in the west and also permitted the U.S. gov to print paper currency backed by the silver | 11 | |
| 298824395 | free silver | philosophy that the gov should expand the money supply by purchasing and coining all the silver offered to it. | 12 | |
| 298824396 | nativism | favoring the interests and culture of native-born inhabitants over those of immigrants | 13 | |
| 298824397 | jim crow laws | segregation laws that became widespread in teh south | 14 | |
| 298824398 | segregation | a system of racial control that separated the races | 15 | |
| 298824399 | plessy vs ferguson | supreme court decision holding that louisiana's railroad segregation law did not violate the constitution as long as the railroads provided equal accomidations | 16 | |
| 298824400 | poll taxes | taxes imposed on voters as a requirement for voting | 17 | |
| 298824401 | dingley tariff | act which raised import duties | 18 | |
| 298824402 | grandfather clawes | rules that required potential voters to demonstrate that their grandfathers had been eligible to vote; used in some southern states after 1890 to limit the black electorate | 19 |
