| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Pension Act (1890) | gave pensions ($) to all Union Civil War veterans. |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) | 1st time government tried to contain (control) certain monopolies and large organizations. |
| Mckinley Tariff Bill (1890) | boosted rates (taxes) up to 48.4% |
| Farmers' Alliance | organization of southern and western farms for their rights |
| Grover Cleveland | 22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes |
| Populist Party (Peoples Party) | U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies |
| Direct tax | everyone pays the same amount |
| Graduated income-tax | the more you make, the more you pay |
| Depression of 1893 | causes:over production, declining prices, rising costs.....4 framers: drought,overwork |
| J.P. Morgan | the "banker's banker"....agreed to have Wall Street loan gov't $65 million in gold , Banker he bought out Carnegie's steel company and named it Bessemer Steel |
| Jacob S. Coxey | wealthy quarry owner who lead his "Commonweal Army" of Coxeyites to Wasighton D.C. |
| Mother May Jones | fought for child labor and for mining conditionds to be improved. |
| Cross of Gold Speech | William Jennings Bryan's speech about being"pro silver" |
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