Presidency Chart - Cleveland 2nd Term The Election of 1892

U.S. v. E.C. Knight

sherman anti-trust (stopped trust boards) act also applied to manufacturing

Coxey's Army

- A group of unemployed marching to DC - wanted Gov't to spend 500 million to create jobs - coxey and others were sent to jail

Panic of 1893 and depression

- Stock market crashed because of over- speculation - many farms foreclosed and railroads went bankrupt of 4 years - Cleveland develop a " hands off policy towards economy

In re Debbs

- supreme court allowed court injunctions in strikes - gave power to employers breaking strikes - Debs turned to socialist party

Plessy v. Ferguson

- the supreme court ruled that Congress could not rule against radical discrimination practiced by private citizens - separate but = accommodations in Louisana railroad - didn't violate 14th amendment - supported Jim Crow Laws

Repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, 1893

Part of billion dollar congress - increased silver coinage - not enough for farmers to be happy with

pullman Strike 1895

a strike of the workers at the Pullman palace car company hindering the transportation of rail cars - injunction not allowing the hindering of US mail cars

Booker T. Washington Atlanta Compromise Speech 1895

advocating for vocational schools for African Americans insead of higher education -disliked by African Americans in want of education - liked by whites