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| How many states in the 1890's were Republican and how many were Democratic? |
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| 16 states were Republican, 14 were Democratic (512) |
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| What happen to the Civil war pension plan after the generation died out? |
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| The system died out (513) |
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| Who led the Stalwarts and who led the Half-breeds? |
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| Stalwarts were lead by Roscoe Conkling and the Half breeds by James G. Blaine (514) |
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| Who were the two candidates in the election of 1888? |
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| For democrats Grover Cleveland, republicans Benjamin Harrison (516) |
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| What was the name of the third party in the election of 1892? |
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| What did the interstate commerce act ban? |
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| It banned discrimination rates between long and short hauls. It also force railroads to publish rates. (518) |
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| What did the depression of 1873 cause to farmers? |
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| It cause a sharp decline in farm prices. (518) |
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| What did the Alliances of farmers help establish? |
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| Stores,banks,processing plants, and other facilities to free themselves from the dependance of merchants. (519) |
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| populism had a great appeal to what group? |
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| True or False: Populist favored national banks? |
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| What were the two railroads that declared bankruptcy that started the panic of 1893? |
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| Philadelphia and Reading railroads (523) |
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| What were two metals recongnized by the U.S. as basis for the Dollar? |
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| William Jennings Bryan is famous for what speech? |
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| The fusion of the People's Party with the Democratic party cause what? |
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| The demise of the People's Party (527) |
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| The Gold Standard act of 1900 confirmed what? |
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| The commitment to the gold standard (528) |
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