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Chapter 19

Politics of the Status Quo Five Presidents from 1877 to 1893
 * Rutherford B. Hayes
 * James A. Garfield
 * Chester A. Arthur
 * Grover Cleveland
 * Benjamin Harrison

= Social Darwinism =

= Cultural Politics =

Mugwumps

= Women's Political Culture =

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 * Southern "Redeemers" **

Agriculture and the economy
 * ** Henry Grady **


 * Jim Crow **
 * ** The Grandfather clause **


 * ** The Poll Tax **


 * Literacy tests



Racial segregation and State governments
 * ** Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) **
 * ** John Marshall Harlan **


 * Redeemer governments **

Segregation by Terror







= Populists =

The Populists Western and southern farmers face severe economic difficulties in the late 19th century. **Harvest**
 * Food prices
 * planted more
 * Southern cotton farmers

The local monopolies



Farmers' Reactions

The Granger Movement (1867)

African American Farmers' Alliances



Farmers' direct political action 

The Populists (People's) Party First national convention (1892)
 * Ignatius Donnelly


 * Conspiracy?

Populists' Presidential Candidate 1892 James Weaver

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 * Cross of Gold Speech


 * Two tickets
 * The Bryan-Watson compromise


 * William McKinley
 * The end of Populism

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 * Farm ownership
 * overproduction
 * Segregation

The "Farming Life"
 * nationally
 * farm work
 * 1920 - American cities

Women"s Political Culture

National American Woman Suffrage Association



Women's Christian Temperance Union



Movie analysis #1, Extra credit 20 points

While watching the film, "Iron Jawed Angels"

In 300 words describe events that best portray the uphill struggles and victories that women experienced while trying to secure their right to vote.  What directly led to these triumphs and loses?


 * Politics in the Age of Enterprise **

=** I. The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877-1893 **=
 * =** The Washington Scene **=
 * =** The Ideology of Individualism **=
 * = **The Supremacy of the Courts** =

=** II. Politics and the People **=
 * = Cultural Politics: Party, Religion, and Ethnicity =
 * = Organizational Politics =
 * = Women’s Political Culture =

=** III. Race and Politics in the New South **=
 * =** Biracial Politics **=
 * =** One-Party Rule Triumphant **=
 * =** The Crisis of American Politics: the 1890s **=
 * =** The Populist Revolt **=
 * =** Money and Politics **=
 * =** Climax: The Election of 1896 **=