Chapter 16 - Test Flashcards
She campaigned against lynching in America
Ida B. Wells
He founded the farmer’s alliance
Macune
He believed that African Americans should exercise and protect their voting rights; one of the founders of the NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
He organized the migration of African Americans to Kansas
Singleton
The populist and democratic candidate for president in 1896; made the cross of gold speech
William Jennings Bryan
He thought African Americans should focus on economic improvement instead of voting rights
Booker T. Washington
He assassinated Mckinnley
Guiteau
These people wanted the spoils system to continue; the man who shot McKinnley was one of them
Stalwarts
African Americans who moved to Kansas in a great migration
Exodusters
Laws inforcing segregation in the south
Jim Crowe Laws
A play written by Frank Baum that some people believe is an allegory of the political battle over the gold standard
Wizard of Oz
This allowed a person to vote in the south if he had an ancestor on the 1867 voting rolls
Grandfather clause
This act ended the spoils system
Pendleton Act
In the 1800s which political party was considered to be the party of personal liberty
The Democrats
This was created by Congress in response to Wabash vs. Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
This action resulted in a national budget deficit
McKinnley Tariff
What is one reason the Farmer’s Alliance failed
They were too small to effect the prices of the products
Railroad was too expensive for them
They loaned out too much money and people couldn’t pay it back
Segregation took hold in the US when the Supreme Court overturned this Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Which political party was considered the party of reform
Republicans
What court case est. the principle that only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce
Wabash vs. Illinois
After the civil war, name one thing the government did to control inflation
They stopped printing greenbacks
They paid off their bonds
They stopped coining silver
What was created by the Pendleton Act
Civil Service System
The spoils system is also called
Patronage System
Populist wanted this kind of income tax
Graduated
Cooperatives that were started by the farmer’s alliance were large cooperatives that they called
Exchanges
The first national farmer’s association was called
Grange
Renegade reformers whose name comes from the Algonquin word for great chief
Mugwumps
Mississippi voters were required to pay this fee to vote
Poll Tax
Democrats used this tactic to win the poor white votes in the South
Racism
Ida Wells reported that three black grocers were lynched because
They were doing better than the white grocers
The populist platform in 1892 wanted what?
Free Coinage of Silver
Graduated income tax
Federal ownership of the railroads
Republican reformers in the 1800s were called this
Half-Breeds
This act allowed the government to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver and put it into circulation
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
His court case est. the separate but equal doctrine in America
Homer Plessy
When “separate but equal” was overturned, it was the beginning of ___
Integration (desegregation)
_______ was when there weren’t laws to ban African Americans from certain areas, it was just a known “rule”
Defacto Segregation
Made up of all political parties in equal quantities
Bipartisan
___ got into a debate with a Protestant priest about his faith and ___ didn’t stand up for faith
James G. Blaine
What type of segregation did they have in the north
Defacto Segregation
Why did the Republican reformers abandon their party and support the Democratic candidate Cleveland
He felt the same way political machines and the spoils system as they did
What did the ICC do?
Est. interstate commerce commission
Made RR rates “reasonable and just”
Banned rebates
Made it illegal to charge small hauls with higher rates
The McKinley Tariff lowered the tariff on __ and __
Sugar and tobacco
Against political machines and the spoils system
Republican Reformers
