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American Federation of Labor; a federation of North American labor unions

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AFL

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mentally ill, drifter who assassinated President Garfield; ‘I am a Stalwart and Arthur is president’; thought he should be ambassador to Paris; in 1882 he is hung

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Charles Guiteau

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between William Jennings Bryan as democrat candidate and William McKinely as republican

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Election of 1896

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leader of American Railway Union; leads Pullman Strike; leader of the socialist party; runs for president several times

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Eugene Debs

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supports paper currency; nominate James Weaver in election of 1880

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Greenbacks

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the idea unlimited coinage of Silver

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Free Silver

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democratic candidate in election of 1884; no secrecy; his campaign is nearly derailed by Tammany Hall; accused of having an illegitimate child, which was true; ‘veto governor’ from ny; first democratic elected since 1856; laissez faire presidency

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Grover Cleveland

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republican party led by James Blaine;

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Half-breeds

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1886, many workers walked off job; on the fourth day and anarchist threw a bomb at police men which caused a riot as many did not see the strikers were not the cause, many die, and the Knights of Labor union’s reputation is ruined

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Haymarket Square

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1887; designed to regulate business; caused because of Walbash vs State of Illinois

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Interstate Commerce Act

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1887; designed to regulate business; caused because of Walbash vs State of Illinois

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James Blaine

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dark horse candidate chosen by halfbreeds; appoints Blaine to Secretary of State; is assassinated at Washington DC train station July 2, 1881, by Charles Guitaeu

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James Garfield

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starting in 1890, a “separate but equal” status for African Americans. The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages

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Jim Crow Laws

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the 20th Governor of Illinois and the first Democratic governor of that state since the 1850s; leading figure of the Progressive movement; improved workplace safety and child labor laws; pardoned three of the men convicted in the Haymarket Affair, and rejected calls in 1894 to break up the Pullman strike with force

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John P. Atgeld

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formed and is most important in 1870 and 80s; Uriah Stephens, a tailor, formed it at first as a tailors union; all allowed in except bankers, stockbroker, gambler, or manufacturer of alcohol;Terrence Powderly is known as Grand Master Workman and takes control in 1879; 1885 strike against Jay Gould Railroads; peak membership is 700,000; Haymarket Strike of 1886, many workers walked off job to Haymarket Square; on the fourth day and anarchist threw a bomb at police men which caused a riot as many did not see the strikers were not the cause, many die, and the unions reputation is ruined

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Knights of Labor

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came up with front porch campaign for William McKinley

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Mark Hanna

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pushed tariff rates to an all time high, especially that of sugar

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McKinley Tariff of 1890

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republicans who won’t renominate Arthur and reform to them; social Darwinists; want laissez faire government with no spoils system or interference of the government

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Mugwumps

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the feeling of opposition towards new immigrants

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Nativism

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1883; written by civil service reform league and reforms civil service; the Magna Carta of civil service; certifies 14,000 fed government jobs, by 1900 100,000 jobs had to be certified

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Pedleton Act

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if state provided separate accommodations for African Americans, as long it was as equal quality, was acceptable; ‘separate but equal’

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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organizations within cities and states to control jobs and candidates; helped immigrants with housing and jobs

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Political Machine

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The Peoples Party; founded in 1892 by James Weaver and Tom Watson in St. Louis

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Populist Party

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1894: shuts down all national railroads for two weeks. Troops are sent in to force workers back

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Pullman Strike

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leader of AFL

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Samuel Gompers

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prevented monopoly’s such as Standard Oil Monopoly

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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one of the republican partys; Senator Roscoe Cockling from New York

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Stalwarts

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leader of the Knights of Labor; is known as Grand Master Workman and takes control in 1879

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Terrance Powderly

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called the great commoner embraces populists points even though he is democrat; made ‘Cross of Gold’ speech

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William Jennings Bryan

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opposition for democrats to go against Garfield in election of 1880

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Winifred Scott Hancock

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big part of Tammany Hall

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Boss Tweed

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embodiment of a candidate because he is conceived as weak so the party can control him; he is a compromised candidate as a split had emerged in Republican Party (Half breeds and Stalwarts); they decided on him because he leaned strongly on neither side; reputation of being honest government in Ohio; restores respectability to presidential office; he only served one term as president with no want to go for a reelection; his wife was ‘Lemonade Lucy’ as she refused alcohol in the White House, she was a member of Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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Garfield appoints Blaine to Secretary of State; he is absolutely livid and resigns from the Senate; Thomas Plat ‘Me Too’ also resigned from the senate; end of his career

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Roscoe Conkling

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part of 1888 Presidential Election as a republican; is known as an iceberg and is grandson of previous president, Henry Harry Harrison; called Young Tip-a-Canoe; managers kept public away from him; main thing is tariff

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Benjamin Harrison

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Cleveland finds they are putting in fraudulent claims; encouraged veterans to put in pensions; Cleveland looks into the and vetoes many of them

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Grand Army of the Republic

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is leaded by Francis Willard; about 200,000 members working towards education and showing alcohol was a dangerous thing; Willard also supporter of sufferage and workers rights; she got it to 70 countries around the world

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Women’s Christian Temperance Movement

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leaded WTCU; also supporter of sufferage and workers rights; she got it to 70 countries around the world

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Frances Willard

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US treasury will no longer mint silver coins, also called crime of ‘73

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Coinage Act of 1873

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says to buy 4.5 silver ounces each month and distribute treasury notes for people to claim it; that’s as much coming out of Nevada silver mine every month

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Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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has been part of politics since Jefferson, though Jackson; negatives were incompetent people were getting jobs, and they had to use part of their pay for the election

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Spoils System

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ordered to resign from head of customs; had been appointed by Grant in 1871; one of Conkling top guys; leads the NY Republican Machine; he refuses to resign

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Chester A. Arthur

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1878; vetoed but overturned, it required treasury to but 2 to 4 million worth of silver to coin, but say nothing about distributing it so every year they bought the minimum and stored it away for 12 years

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Bland-Allison Act

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say state cannot regulate railroad traffic if it crosses state lines and that Illinois regulation is unconstitutional; states cannot regulate interstate railroad travel; creates interstate commerce commission to control and regulate interstate traffic

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  1. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad vs. Illinois-
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Jacob Coxey and his “Army of the Commonweal of Christ”; March on Washington

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Coxey’s Army

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made by William Jennings Bryan

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Cross of Gold

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