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- Southern states passed __________, which rigidly enforced discrimination.
- After Reconstruction, many African Americans were __________, or landless farmers who gave their landlords a large portion of their crops as rent. This usually left these farmers in chronic __________.
- __________, who wrote The Souls of Black Folk, challenged Washington, because he saw no advantage in giving up civil rights, even temporarily.
- Organized labor continued to support the __________ Party and __________ was elected president.
- In the late 1800s, mob violence increased in the United States. Many people were __________, or hung without a trial, __________ and Mary Church Terrell both campaigned against this crime.
- A movement to increase political power of farmers was called __________.
- Members of the Farmers' Alliance in some states formed a third party called the __________.
- Many Democrats believed __________ were too high and made it difficult for farmers to export __________.
- The assassination of __________ highlighted the need to reform the political system.
- Oliver H. Kelley founded the first national farm organization known as the __________ in the year __________. The organization tried to help farmers by starting __________.
- The Republican candidate, __________, campaigned by promoting __________.
- During the Civil War, an increase in the money supply cause __________, whereas after the war ended, falling prices cause __________.
- The Farmers' Alliance organized __________ with limited success.
- Who did Lincoln appoint to command the Union Army in the East in 1863? West in 1863?
- an arrangement in which customers agreed to buy now and pay later
- The most widely used personal barometer of the stock markets health
- Paying a small % of a stock's price and borrowing the rest?
- gov. would buy surplus crops at guaranteed prices and sell them on the world market
- when an investor bet on the market climbing and sold whatever they had in an effort to make a quick profit
- in calling shantyowns "hoovervilles" , people conveyed their what?