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| EXPLAIN THE GOAL OF THE POPULIST (PEOPLE'S) PARTY |
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| the People's Party challenged laissez-faire economics by insisting that the federal government play a more active role to ensure greater economic equity in industrial America. |
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| IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING FARMERS |
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Farm prices fell decade after decade
WHEAT COTTON AND CORN PRICES DROPPED
consumer prices soared |
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| LIST THE COMPONENTS OF THE POPULISTY PLAN/PLATFORM TO HELP FARMERS |
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| the Populists promised land reform, championing a plan that would reclaim excessive land granted to railroads or sold to foreign investors. The Populists' boldest proposal called for government ownership of the railroads and the telegraph system to put an end to discriminatory rates.the Populists demanded currency reform |
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| IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRIAL LABORERS |
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* struggle over the right to organize in the Homestead steel mills.
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| DISCUSS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HOMESTEAD STEEL STRIKE |
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316 mercenaries WERE HIRED from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency at double the wage of the average Homestead worker
The “battle of Fort Frick TOOK PLACE |
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| NAME THE EVENT THAT DEMONSTRATED THE PIVOTAL POWER OF THE STATE IN THE NATION'S LABOR WARS |
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| The Cripple Creek Miners' Strike |
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Term
| EXPLAIN HOW THE INJUNCTION WAS USED TO BREAK THE PULLMAN STRIKE |
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| By issuing the injunction, the court made the boycott a crime punishable by a jail sentence for contempt of court, a civil process that did not require a jury trial |
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Term
| NAME THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY |
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| LIST THE MAJOR ISSUES CENTRAL TO WORK OF WOMEN ACTIVISTS |
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Definition
better working conditions for women workers
suffrage |
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| ID THE MOST PROMINENT ISSUE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1896 CHAMPIONED BY THE POPUKLISTS |
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| ID THE FACTORS THAT PROMPTED AMERICAS OVERSEAS EXPANSION BY THE 1890S |
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depression
Increased missionary activity |
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| DISCUSS THE CONSEQUENCES OF JOHN HAY'S OPEN DOOR POLICY IN CHINA |
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| The United States, by insisting on the Open Door policy, managed to secure access to Chinese markets, expanding its economic power while avoiding the problems of maintaining a far-flung colonial empire on the Asian mainland |
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| EXPLAIN WHY THE US ENTERED INTO WAR WITH SPAIN IN 1898 |
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| The Spanish-American War began as a humanitarian effort to free Cuba from Spain's colonial grasp and ended with the United States itself becoming a colonial power and fighting a dirty guerrilla war with Filipino nationalists, who, like the Cubans, sought independence. |
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| DESCRIBE THE NEW AMERICAN EMPIRE THAT RESULTED FROM THE TREATY OF PARIS IN 1898 |
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| Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States along with its former colonies of Puerto Rico and Guam |
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| EXPLAIN FRANCES WILLARDS USE OF THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY TO ARGUE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE |
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| Using “home protection” as her watchword, she argued as early as 1884 that women needed the vote to protect home and family |
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