Chapter 26 Flashcards
Jacob Coxey, Coxey’s Army
group of men who went to Congress to protest in favor of the creation of government funded jobs. The men were told to leave and when they did not they were arrested for walking on the grass
Eugene V Debs, Pullman strike
led a group of Railroad workers across the country on strike due to a decrease in wages when the government attached mail cars to the back of the pullman cars which made it illegal to interfere with the delivery of mail forcing the workers to go back to work or be arrested. Debs would later be arrested.
James B Weaver
1st populist party presidential candidate
William McKinley
Republican Presidential Candidate from Canton Ohio who believed gold should be the basis for the dollar bill. The wealthy backed McKinley
Mark Hannah
businessmen from Cleveland Ohio who back McKinley and helped him get elected
William Jennings Bryan, Cross of gold Speech
Democratic candidate for President who ran against McKinley who believed in free silver so it would create inflation and help farmers which was stated in his Cross of Gold Speech
Bonanza Farm
huge profitable 50,000 acre farms
Granger laws
laws designed to help farmers get fair and published railroad rates, storage rates, and address other farming issues
Populist party
political party that emerged from the Grange and the Farmers’ Alliance to address government intervention to regulate the railroads, telegraphs, direction election of senators, and a graduated income tax.
Goldbugs, Gold standard act
people that supported gold backing the dollar bill and being the basis of our economic system. McKinley and his supporters were goldbugs. Bryan and his supporters were silverites
Sherman Silver purchase act
U.S. treasury purchased silver to help create inflation when gold was exceedingly low.
