Everything you need is up there! For an interactive timeline of events in this period go to the Timeline tab! Good luck on the final, hope everything helps!
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-Everyone's favourite table #6
Election of 1892
- Populist James Weaver wins 8.5% of vote
- Important because he's a third party candidate with a sizable following
1898: Grandfather Clause
- literacy and property qualifications for voting
- BUT exempts sons and grandsons
- Keeps blacks from voting
1895: Booker T. Washington; Atlanta Compromise speech
- Accepts "separate but equal"
- BUT pushed for education and economic independence for blacks
1893: Frederick Jackson Turner; Frontier Thesis
- Frontier was building block of american culture, so we need to find more frontier overseas
1890: McKinley tariff
- Adds 48.4% to cost of imported goods
- allows American businesses to undersell other countries
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