The Populist Party
Another name for this party was
The People's Party
Workers fought for an _____ hour workday as a nationwide standard
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Where was the Haymarket Bombing?
Chicago
Inflation would help support this group of people because they needed more money to pay off their debts
Farmers
What is the name of the Government's hands-off policy?
Laissez-faire
This party supported prohibiting the manufacturing and sale of alcohol of intoxicating liquors in the US
The Prohibition Party
Name 3 things workers were unhappy about
low wages, unsafe working conditions, unfair hours, police brutality
People often feared ________________ because they were labeled crazy and dangerous
labor unions
What movie was made to characterize this era?
The Wizard of Oz
the economies value of gold and silver
bimetalism
Populists wanted to change money backed by gold and sliver to paper money backed by what?
Confidence or Faith
How would workers react to the lack of workers rights?
Go on strike, join labor unions
Employers retaliated by hiring ____________ along with police to violently put down strikes.
Pinkertons
Name a monopolized company
Standard Oil Company
Name 2 muckrakers
Jacob Riis
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States?
19th
This Act help dissolve trusts in the US
Sherman Antitrust Act
Who set off the bomb in Haymarket Square?
We don't know
What happened in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
fire, women count get out
What is the Republican Party the party of during 1896?
Big business, economic conservatism
In what magazine was the Populist Party Political cartoon found in?
Judge Magazine
Who were the Central Pacific Railroad company workers?
Chinese Immigrants
What was the name of the union and party involved in the protests.
The Knights of Labor and the Workingman's Party
Why did William McKinley win the 1896 election?
William Jennnings Bryan was too religious, people were worried about inflation
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