Democratic Party
Who were the Democrats made up of?
- Mainly Southerners
- Wanted states rights
- Wanted Segregation
- Counted on votes from big city political machines
Geographically, Republicans tended to be located in what region?
The North
What party did the populist party move to?
What material industries prospered during this time period?
Oil, Copper, Sugar
Poor people from mid west tended to vote in which party?
Democrat
Who did Grover Cleveland defeat when first running?
Benjaman Harris
What was a strategy that republicans used to get Grant Popular?
Waving a bloody shirt
What was the populist stance on railroads?
They wanted the goverment to own railroads
Who was the founder of the oil monopoly Standard Oil?
John D Rockefeller.
Farmers from the South tended to vote which party?
Democrat
What political platform that advocated for 8 hour work days gained attention from the Democratic Party?
Omaha Platform
Who won the presidency in 1896?
William McKinley
What was the populist party's stance on immigration?
They wanted restrictions on it, because they felt immigrants encroached on land and contributed to overpopulation
What was "Laissez faire"?
Government didn't get involved in corporations when it meant regulating business, unless it meant growing economy through diplomacy.
People in North tended to vote which party?
Republican
What would the 1887 bill vetoed by Cleveland have provided farmers with?
Seed
Who won the presidency in 1880?
James A Garfield
What did the populist party want with silver?
They wanted it to be minted
What was the Fisk and Gould Gold Scandal?
Financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to make a monopoly from the gold market by manipulating gold prices.
What was Tammany Hall?
What policy did the democrats adopt that ended the populist party?
Minting of Silver
The assassination of President Garfield led to the passage of what act?
The Pendleton Act
Who did the Populists nominate in the 1892 election?
James Weaver
Who did monopolies use for union busting activities.
The Pinkertons
Who did the Chinese Exclusion act exclude?
Chinese People