Chapter 19
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- 2. ___ ___'s Army was made for a demand of relief from the federal government.
- 4. The People's Party was commonly referred to as ________.
- 6. ____ ____ ____ was the first presidential candidate in American history to stump the country systematically.
- 9. The __________ ____ was the first national service measure requiring federal jobs be filled by competitive written exams.
- 10. At the Democratic convention of 1896, _____ ______ delegates initially advocated the free coinage of silver.
- 11. In the election of 1884, ______ __ _______ was known as "the Plumed Knight."
- 12. The ___________ Party was referred to as the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion."
- 15. Class, region, and both religious and ethnic differences defined the intense public ______ of the late 19th century.
- 16. The ____ _____ _____ Act of 1890 required that the government had to purchase silver and pay for it in gold.
- 18. The Populists "fused" with the Democrats because the Populist Party didn't want to weaken the ______ _______.
- 19. During Hays's presidency, he had one important initiative--to create a _____ _______ system--an idea that attracted no support from either party.
- 20. Half-breed James A. Garfield's attempt to defy the _______ led to his assassination after only four months in office.
- 21. Passed in 1887, the ______ ________ Act banned discrimination rates and required railroads to post rate schedules.
- 22. With only the recently administered system of annual pensions for Union Civil War veterans to boast of, the late 19th century US government was clearly not a modern, _________ government.
- 24. The election of ______ was the first since the Civil War to involve a clear question of economic difference between parties.
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- 1. In William Jennings Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" speech, the "you" in the statement, "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold" represents defenders of the ______ _______.
- 3. In the late 1890s, the government's general ________ allowed the Republican and Democratic parties to avoid dealing with substantial issues.
- 5. The nation's returning prosperity beginning in 1898 revealed a close ______ between prosperity and the gold standard.
- 7. The acronym ICC stands for ______ ________ _______.
- 8. The __________ were the first major farm organization.
- 12. Before the Gold Standard Act of 1900, the ______ _______ ____ was passed under the McKinley Administration which raised duties to the highest point in US history.
- 13. By the end of Rutherford B. Hays's term, two groups--the Stalwarts and the Half-breeds--were competing for the ________ Party.
- 14. The _____ _______ ______ of 1900 stated gold was the only standard for exchanging paper notes.
- 17. Most people assumed currency was worthless unless it had something concrete behind it such as ____ ______.
- 23. The McKinley Tariff came into law in ____ _____.