What was the practice of giving jobs to people who supported a candidate during a campaign?
Patronage (The Spoils System)
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In the 1870s and 1880s the areas of the country that supported the Republican Party were?
The North and Midwest
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The Republican Party of the late 1800s was viewed as what?
The Party of Reform
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Republican reformers who supported Grover Cleveland for president in 1884.
Mugwumps
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In response to the ruling in Wabash v. Illinois, Congress created this entity to regulate the railroad industry?
The Interstate Commerce Commission
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This man became President in 1880 and was assassinated shortly thereafter?
James A. Garfield
200
New technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to do what to prices?
Decreased Prices
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In the late 1800s, Populists hoped to beat the Democrats in the South by?
Appealing to both white and black farmers
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What was the movement to increase farmer’s political power and to work to pass laws in their interest?
Populism
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In 1876 and 1888, presidential candidates won the popular vote but?
Lost the Presidential election
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What was the nation’s first farmer’s organization?
The Grange
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What is a graduated income tax?
People who make more money pay more income taxes
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This man was nominated by the Democrats and the Populists to run for President in 1896 because of his powerful Cross of Gold speech, but he did not win.
William Jennings Bryan
300
Unlike in the North, segregation in the South was?
Enforced by law
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In a newspaper article, Ida Wells reported that three African American grocers in Memphis had been?
lynched for competing against white grocers.
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This law allowed poor uneducated whites to vote while preventing blacks to vote?
The Grandfather Clause
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Which Constitutional Amendment freed the slaves?
The 13th Amendment
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Which Constitutional Amendment gave the freed slaves the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
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The Populist Party represented the views of which group?
Western Settlers (farmers)
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What was founded in 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois for the purpose of gaining equal rights for African Americans?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Who was the founder of the Grange?
Oliver Kelley
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Who is the only United States President to serve two non-consecutive terms?
Grover Cleveland
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Who assassinated James A. Garfield?
Charles Guiteau
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What Billie Holiday song was a metaphor for the brutal lynchings that were taking place in the South?
Strange Fruit
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What is the main reason Granger Laws were enacted?
Railroads were charging farmers extremely high shipping prices.