Chapter 20 Learning Objectives
What was the cause for the
stalemate of partisan politics
in the 1870s and 1880s?
What resulted in the
reassertion of presidential
power from 1876 to 1888?
Describe the goals and
results of legislation passed
by the Republican Party in
1890
What was the voter’s
response to the “billiondollar Congress”?
Describe the farmers
grievances that led to the
growth of the Farmers’
Alliances and rise of the
Populist Party? Impact?
What was the impact of the
Panic of 1893, including
“Coxey’s Army”?
What were the changes in
American society brought on
by the depression of the
1890s?
What were the social and
political implications of the
silver issue and the election
of 1896?
Important People:
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Terms:
Gilded Age
Stalwarts
Half Breeds
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act
Pendleton Act
McKinley Tariff, 1890
Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890
Sherman Silver Purchase Act, 1890
The National Farmers’ Alliance
and Industrial Union
Ocala Demands
Populist Party
Panic of 1893
Coxey’s Army
United Mine Workers strike, 1894
Silverites
Election of 1896
“Cross of Gold” speech
Court Cases:
US v. E.C. Night Co.(1895)
Munn v. Illinois, 1877
Wabash Railway v. Illinois, 1886