Date Posted:03:15:09 04/26/02 Fri Author: maggie Subject: the last of 25-28...finally...
319. "sooners"- people who illegally squatted on the best pieces of land in the Oklahoma Territory.
320. two perceived enemies of farmers- mechanization of agriculture and being chained to one crop farming
321. greenback labor party- party for the farmers, to voice their grievances. was to improve the lot of labor. in 1878 they polled over 1 million votes and elected 14 members of congress.
322. billion $ congress- under "czar" reed, in 1890, was the first congress in peacetime to appropriate a billion dollars out
323. sherman anti-trust act- helped to quiet the mounting uproar against bloated corporations
324. sherman silver purchase act- rectified the bland-allison law of 1878 and made it so that the government was to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver monthly and pay for it in notes redeemable in silver or gold.
325. mckinley tariff- boosted rates to 48.4% on dituiable goods. was highest peacetime tariff yet and disposed of the goverment surplus by giving a bounty of 2 cents a pound to U.S. sugar producers
326. treasury surplus- taking in more from seling land- tariff was a long term result was a cause for deflation, made it tough for the poorer opeople of the nation.
327. treasury deficit-gold reserve shrank to $41 million country was in danger ofhaving to go off the goldstandard, gov spending more, more $ in circulation, with inflation.
328. pullman strike- 1894, eugene v. debs engineered american railway union with 150,000 members. the pullman palace car company cut 1/3 of the orkers out and they struck, stopping railway traffic from chicago to the pacific coast.
329. homestead steel strike- homestead penn. against carniegie steel mill. people were killed, violence ensued, pinkertons were brought in, before harrison's time
330. j.p. morgan gold deal- lent the govermnet $65 million in gold and charged a commission amounting to to about $7 million.
331. jcob coxley- wealthy ohio quarry owner who marched on washington in 1894 with a score of his supporters- wanted the govermnet to relieve unemployment by an inflationary public works program supported by the treasury
332. wilson-gorman tariff- revamped with over 630 amendments, had an income tax and many many unfavorable pieces. was vetoed after being in ieistence only a year.
333. cross of gold speech- william jennings bryan, democratic candidate for president, lost elections even though he was "savior" of the "common man"
334. 6 party systems -
1st part- federalist/republican clashes embraces.
2nd- jacksonian ra, democrats v. whigs
3rd- equilibrium between republicans and dems. high electorial participation
4th- republican dominance, voter reduction, industrial regulation important
5- FDR's "New Deal" iniated democratic ascendency
6th- liberalism, the 1970's
7th- post regan, state bad, low voter turnout, constant economy, social reform
