U.S.

History
Wednesday, March 14th
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What in the World Wednesday -
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WHAT happened?
WHEN?
WHERE?
WHY?
HOW can we pray for those involved?
 Today in History
1776 – Alexander Hamilton is named captain of
artillery company.
1964 – Jack Ruby is sentenced to death by the
electric chair for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the
accused assassin of JFK.
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Early 1900s – kids and teens would most likely
be working on farms or in factories, not in
school.
Depression of 1893 – U.S. government stopped
using silver to back up dollars and would only
use gold.
The “Silver State’s” economy collapsed.
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Impacts of Depression if 1893:
Mines and smelters closed
Agriculture lost their markets, farmers
couldn’t pay back loans.
Homeless and jobless camped in Denver
Hotels and businesses closed
Disease, riots and crime
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Populist Party - “People’s Party”
Big on reforms of political systems and for
miners, farmers and factory workers.
1. Federal gov’t should buy silver at $1.28/oz
to make more money
2. Nationalize railroads and lower rates
3. Maximum workday of 8 hours
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Populist Party - “People’s Party”
4. income tax instead of land. Rich people
should pay larger % of taxes.
5. Voters can circulate petitions to change laws
and introduce new ones.
6. Secret ballot
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Governor Davis H. Waite – most
radical reformer to govern
Colorado.
Promised reform
Fired 2 police commissioners
for letting saloons stay open
illegally.
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City Hall War
The fired men refused to give up their jobs
and barricaded themselves in Denver City
Hall. Police and firemen joined them.
Waite called out the state militia, which
surrounded City Hall.
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Waite ended up withdrawing his troops and the
issue went to the courts instead.
1894 – Colorado become the 2nd state to allow
women to vote in state elections.
Women ran businesses, worked for better
schools, churches and health care, fought
against corruption, ran newspapers and in
1894 three women were elected to the state
legislature.
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1906 – Holly Bloomer Girls defeat the men’s
team Lamar Cardinals in basketball with a score
of 7-2.
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Boosterism – groups that organized public
events like carnivals, festivals and showcases.
National Western Stock Show
Festival of Mountains and Plains
Newspapers: Denver Post and Rocky
Mountain News.
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Trouble in the Mines
Miners often worked long hours for low pay.
Miners formed labor unions to achieve better
working conditions.
Strikes
Violent brawls and riots
crusades
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Trouble in the Mines
Governor Peabody sent the Colorado National
Guard to protect miners and strikebreakers,
illegally arrested strikers and shipped some to
Kansas.
The miners’ strike ended with no reforms.
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3 Governors in 1 Day
Peabody – Republican incumbent is defeated
Alva B. Adams – Democrat, accused by
Republican controlled supreme court and
legislature of illegal votes.
Democrats persuaded Republicans to replace
Peabody with his lieutenant governor, Jesse F.
McDonald.