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Banana Daiquiris and More
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Republican, pro-tariff winner of the corrupt election of 1888 in which electoral votes overcame the popular vote. He electrified the White House, established Ellis Island, signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, presided over the entry of six new states, and put 13 million acres into National Forests. Grandson of William Henry Harrison.
What is Benjamin Harrison?
100
[from Ch. 15] Another nickname for the Redeemers, the conservative oligarchies that ran southern governments after Reconstruction ended.
What is Bourbons?
100
Our country's “first Social Security system” Started shortly after the Civil War began. At its peak, it made payments to most male citizens of the North (black and white) and many women (widows and orphans of Union veterans). In 1890, any disabled Union vet qualified; in 1906, old age was enough. Although many tried to convert it into a general old age pension program, it was associated with graft and so died with the Civil War generation. Because widows were eligible, young women sometimes married much older vets: the last widow got payments in 1999. Southern states had parallel arrangements for Confederate vets.
What is Civil War pensions?
100
In the late 1800s this man worked in the department of agriculture, and later founded the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry.
What is Oliver H. Kelly?
100
These creature (also known as the Lonely Assassins) are a fictional ancient race of aliens. Steven Moffat, their creator, attributes their appeal to childhood games such as Grandmother's Footsteps and the notion that every statue out there is secretly a Weeping Angel. Their usual mode of feeding is to send their victims back in time, feeding on the resulting energy difference. When they are not being observed by another sentient being, they can move very quickly and silently, but when they are being observed they become "quantum-locked", occupying a single position in space. In this state, they are frozen and indestructible. They cannot suppress this reaction. If two Weeping Angels were to look at each other at the same time, they would be trapped in stone form until an outside force moves them apart. To prevent this, they often cover their eyes when freezing - this makes them look like they are weeping. They were not shown moving until the Eleventh Doctor episode, "Flesh and Stone", where they slowly turn towards Amy Pond when they realise she cannot open her eyes. They cannot be destroyed.
What is Weeping Angels? Mom, please edit this. I didn't read it very thoroughly as to not give anything away (I have not seen this episode yet)
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(1833-1912) Lawyer, abolitionist, Union general and Greenback Party congressman who ran for president twice on 3rd party tickets: 1880 (Greenback Party) and 1892 (Populist Party). Formed alliances with black farmers in the South, whose votes were suppressed by white Democrats. In 1896, he supported William Jennings Bryan, believing he had arranged for Tom Watson to be Bryan's running mate.
What is James B. (Baird) Weaver?
200
A segment of the 1890s Farmers' Alliances, focused on southern black farmers. One of these seven alliances: 1. The Grange, or Order of Patrons of Husbandry (1867) 2. The National Farmers` Alliance (1880) 3. The National Farmers` Alliance and Industrial Union (1875 – official charter in 1880) 4. The Colored Farmers` Alliance and Co-operative Union (1886) 5. The Farmers` Mutual Benefit Association (National order founded in (1887) 6. The Supreme Association of the Patrons of Industry of North America (1890) 7. The National Farmers` League (1890)
What is Colored Alliance or Colored Farmers` Alliance and Co-operative Union?
200
1894 protest march in DC by unemployed workers led by populist Jacob Coxey in the middle of the worst depression to that date. Officially named the "Army of the Commonweal in Christ." First major popular protest march on Washington. Origin of today's expression "enough food to feed Coxey's Army."
What is Coxey's Army?
200
This antitrust act was passed in July, 1890 almost without dissent. Most members of Congress saw the act as a largely symbolic measure, one that would help deflect public criticism but was not likely to have any real effect on corporate power. For over a decade after its passage this act- indifferently enforced and steadily weakened by the courts-- had virtually no impact.
What is Sherman Antitrust Act?
200
This race are a race of mutants from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals. They are genetically engineered Kaled mutants integrated within a tank-like or robot-like mechanical shell. The resulting creatures are a powerful race bent on universal conquest and domination, utterly without pity, compassion or remorse. Collectively they are the greatest enemies of the the Doctor. Their catchphrase is "Exterminate!"
What is Daleks?
300
(1830-1893) Republican US Senator from Maine and twice Secretary of State who lost to Garfield in 1884 by 1,047 votes in NY. Called Continental Liar & Slippery Jim by Democrats, but Plumed Knight & The Magnetic Man by Republicans.
What is James G. (Gillespie) Blaine?
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1890s Populist nickname for the “Fourth Coinage Act” passed in 1873. When passed, the legislation had not created as much controversy as the later nickname implies. It had removed silver as a currency, putting the US on an unofficial gold standard. Farmers in the 1890s tended to support inflationary policies, such as “free silver.”
What is Crime of 1873?
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The 1900 congressional act that officially put the US on a gold standard, joining most nations (except China). The leng­thy act (35 pp.) also established four mints under the Dept. of Treasury (Denver, Philadelphia, Carson City and Denver) and ended the half-dime & two- and three-cent coins.
What is Currency/Gold Standard Act of 1900?
300
This event precipitated the most severe depression the US had experienced. It began in March 1893, when the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, unable to meet payments on UK loans, declared bankruptcy. Two months later, the national Cordage Company failed. Together, the two failures triggered a collapse of the stock market.
What is the Panic of 1893?
300
This machine is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords, an extraterrestrial civilization to which the Doctor belongs. A properly maintained and piloted machine can transport its occupants to any point in time and any place in the universe. The interior of it is much larger than its exterior, which can blend in with its surroundings using the ship's "chameleon circuit".
What is the TARDIS or Time and Relative Dimension in Space?
400
(1853–1933) Fiery Populist speaker with a resonant voice who was an Irish immigrant but became one of the first women to pass the bar and become a lawyer in the US. Advocate for women's suffrage and temperance. Nicknames: Queen Ellen and Mother Lease by friends; Mary Yellin' by detractors. Credited (maybe falsely) with “Kansas farmers ought to raise less corn and more hell” (but then again, she back-pedaled in other interviews). Scholar Brian Attebery said she was the model for Dorothy in Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
What is Mary Lease aka Mary Ellen Lease or Mary Elizabeth Lease?
400
Another name for the Tariff Act of 1890, which raised average tariffs to 50% to protect infant US industries. The Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee who wrote the bill lost reelection because of it – but later became president.
What is McKinley Tariff?
400
Mail order company that began in 1872 in Chicago. Competed fiercely with Sears Roebuck, founded later in 1887. Both companies were based in Chicago. Significance: changed the lives of isolated rural people with new tools, machinery, technology and fashion.
What is Montgomery Ward & Company?
400
A short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891 during the Populist movement (United States, 19th Century). It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away. Based among poor, white cotton farmers in the South and hard-pressed wheat farmers in the plains states, it represented a radical crusading form of agrarianism and hostility to banks, railroads, and elites generally.
What is The Populist Party or The Peoples Party?
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This Scottish actor was born David John McDonald on April 18, 1971. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet,[2][3] this man is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr. in the 2005 film adaptation, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
What is David Tennant?
500
(1856-1922) Georgia newspaper editor who led Populist Party in 1890s. Spoke to white, black, then integrated groups for a cross-color alliance. Ran as Populist VP for William Jennings Bryan in 1896 (when Bryan rejected that nomination and ran with Democrats instead). Wrote anti-Catholic, Jewish and black material after 1900 in his self-named magazine and "The Jeffersonian." The latter urged, then celebrated, the 1915 lynching of a Jewish factory manager convicted of murder. Elected to US Senate as a Democrat two years before his death.
What is Tom E. Watson?
500
Gold or silver that backs paper currency.
What is specie?
500
1833 act of Congress that tried to separate civil service form politics and patronage. Said federal civilian employees ought to be hired on merit. Put in place civil service exams and protected some federal employees from political firings (at first, only 10% – now, it's up to 90%). Banned soliciting campaign contributions on federal property. Created US Civil Service Commission for enforcement. Passed in response to Garfield’s assassination by a disgruntled job seeker, Charles Julius Guiteau. Caused then-President Chester Arthur to lose support and the next nomination of his party. Another result: parties began to seek more business contributions, because job seekers were out of luck if they couldn't pass exams. Because presidents could protect their appointees by converting them to civil service, and because elections ping-ponged between parties in 1884, 1888, 1892, and 1896 – soon most civilians working for the feds were civil service!
What is Pendleton Act or Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act?
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This speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former congressman from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In the address, Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver", which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. He decried the gold standard, concluding the speech, "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold".
What is Cross of Gold Speech?
500
This family, a family of massive, bipedal extraterrestrials are adversaries of the Doctor. They are creatures of living calcium, hatched from eggs and native to the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius. They are a ruthless criminal sect whose main motivation is profit. They are instinctive hunters, being trained to hunt and kill from a young age. The members of the family are convicted criminals on their planet, subject to the death penalty if captured.
What is Slitheen?
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