Populism
What are farmers?
In 1890, Congress passed this Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which required the US government to purchase a certain amount of this material each month.
What is silver?
The majority of African Americans in the south were this profession, which is now seen as replacement to slavery, due to its similarities.
What is a sharecropper? What are sharecroppers?
This fiery young woman protested the violent practices of lynching through her activism and research in her "Red Record" book which was published in 1895, which helped to lower the number of lynchings in the 1900s.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
In 1890, the lack of money coupled with the growing economy led to this phenomenon, which increases the value of money.
This in particular hurt farmers who were forced to sell their crops at a loss.
What is deflation?
Those who wanted the currency to be based on gold who coined this term.
What are "goldbugs?"
These type of laws were forms of segregating the south, named after a popular minstrel character of the same name.
W.E.B. Du Bois coined this term which referred to the experience of existing in two dimensions at once, aware of how one is being perceived and how actually is at the same time.
What is "Double-Conciousness?"
Southern Organizers formed this political party which was the main populist party at the time.
Don't overthink it.
What is the "People's Party?"
One of the policies that was first proposed by the Populists was to tax wealthy individuals at a higher rate than those who made less money. This is known as a what?
What is a graduated income tax?
In 1890, Mississippi became the first state to implement this form of voter suppression, which required people to pay 2 dollars in order to register to vote.
What are poll taxes?
W.E.B. Du Bois was a cofounder of this movement which proceeded the NAACP, named after a "mighty current," meant to symbolize the current of change that would become the civil rights movement.
What is the Niagara Movement? or What is the Niagara Organization?
Farmers engaged in these organizations, which pooled their crops together in attempt to negotiate prices.
What are cooperatives?
Populists nominated this powerful speaker to oppose Grover Cleveland in the election of 1896. He is known for going on a tirade against the gold currency standard and making a "Cross of Gold Speech."
Who is Bryan? Who is William Jennings Byran?
Benjamin "Pap" Singleton led tens of thousands of African Americans out of the deep south and into Kansas. This group came to be known as this biblically-inspired term.
What are the Exodusters?
W.E.B. Du Bois published this book in 1903, which was meant to address the issues and disparities that African Americans faced in American society.
What is the Souls of Black Folk?
In 1886, Oliver Kelley formed the first national farmer's organization. What's the name of this organization?
What is the Patrons of Husbandry? What is the Grange?
In 1873, the US Government stopped making silver coins. The farmers who took issue with the low money supply colloquially referred to this decision as this.
What is the "Crime of 73?"
This landmark Supreme Court case codified discrimination into law in 1896 when a black man sued a Louisiana railroad company for making him sit in a separate railroad car.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to focus on education and economic achievement before focusing on the demand for civil rights. This appeal was known as what?
What is the Atlanta Compromise?