Metals and Elections Flashcards
His Fraudulency
President Hayes, nicknamed this because of the disputed 1876 election that had him elevated to presidency
Half Breeds and Stalwarts
2 groups competing for control of the Republican Party and threatening to split it; Conkling led Stalwarts and Blaine led Half Breeds
Conkling
Leader of the Stalwarts who was close ally to Arthur
Dark Horse
a little known political candidate
James Garfield
A veteran congressman from Ohio and half breed who was nominated by the republicans for president in 1880
Chester Arthur
a stalwart and conkling henchman who was nominated for the republicans for vice president in 1880
Pendleton Act
Passed by congress in 1883 which required that some federal jobs be filled by competitive written examination rather than by patronage
James Blaine
Leader of the half breeds who lost to Cleveland in election of 1884
Mugwumps
a group of disgruntled liberal republicans who said they would bolt the party to support an honest democrat
Sherman Antitrust Act
prevents the artificial raising of prices by restriction of trade or supply
McKinley Act
was designed to protest domestic industries by placing a tariff on imported goods
James Weaver
peoples party candidate
Wilson Gorman Tariff
imposed a 2% income tax
Granger Laws
regulates rising far prices of railroad and grain companies
Interstate Commerce Act
required railroads to publish rate schedules enforced by courts and required that rates must be “reasonable and just”
Populism
power of regular people in right to control government
The Grange
encourages families to band together to promote the economic and political well being of the community
Oliver Kelly
Minor agriculture department official that founded the national grange
Farmers Declaration of Independence
vowed to use all lawful & peaceful means to free themselves from the tyranny of monopoly
Farmers Alliance
wanted a sense of mutual, neighborly responsibility that would enable farmers to resist oppressive forces
Mary Lease
Fiery populist orator that urged farmers to raise less corn and more hell in an alliance
Ocala Demands
a party platform for the souther and northwestern alliance
John Watson
only southern congressmen to identify with the alliance from Georgia
Free Silver
Idea permitting silver to become basis of currency to expand money supply
Ignatius Donnely
wrote Caesar’s Column that discussed that industrial society appears to be a “wretched failure” to “the great mass of mankind
Omaha Platform 1892
Set the basic tenets of the populist party
Coxey Army
Coxey organized a group of unemployed people to the capital to grant their demands to grant jobs to the unemployed and public work programs
Bimetallism
a situation in which the US recognized gold and silver as the basis for the dollar
Sherman Silver Purchase Act 1893
required the government to purchase silver and pay for it in gold, caused gold reserves to weaken
William Harvey’s Coin Financial School
published in 1894 became one of the great bestsellers of its age. Tells of a fictional Professor Coin’s imaginary school of finance and consisted of his lectures and dialogues.
Marcus Hanna
an Ohio boss who was led Republican party leaders, chose McKinkey as the party’s presidential candidate who later became president.
Williams Jennings Bryan
Congressman from Nebraska, delivered one of the most famous political speeches in american history in support of free silver, ran for 1896 election
Cross of Gold Speech
Bryan’s speech, stated that they would fight the gold standard, led to his nomination for president of the fifth ballot
Fusion
the merging of the populists and democrats, many believed that this would destroy the populists party
Gold Standard Act 1900
confirmed the nations commitment to the gold standard by assigning a specific gold value to the dollar and required all currency issued by the US to that value
Dingley Tariff
Highest protected tariff in American History
