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| Only president to ever be elected for 2 nonconsecutive terms |
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| developer of the railroad sleeping car |
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| president of the American Railway Union (ARU) helped initiate the Pulliman Strike |
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| involved 125,000 people across 20 railroads stalling freight shipments. Although they tried to avoid federal governmet involvement, Cleveland eventually sent troops to break up the protest |
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| William McKinley (election of 1894) |
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| republican party leader who beat Cleveland |
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| Supreme court ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act applied only to monopolies of interstate commerce and not to those solely manufacturing |
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| rallied Arfican American women against lynching (kill without legal trial) |
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| elected govenor of NY during Spanish-American War. |
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| Due process clause of the 14th Amendment |
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| The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local government officials from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without legislative authorization |
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| A spokesman for blacks who argued that African Americans should emphzsize hard work and personal development rather than rebelling against their condition |
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| was an agreement struck in 1895 between African-American leaders and Southern white leaders. The agreement was that Southern blacks would work meekly and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law. |
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| is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". |
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| Battle of the Standards (1896) |
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| Concerning currency; William McKinely won first ballot at Republican National Convention. There was an issue going on with the reserves of gold shrinking, but there still wouldn't be compromise about the silver standard, so the government began to sell bonds to increase currency in flow |
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| Bryan and the Cross of Gold |
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| Democratic spokesman for the silver cause; "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." |
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