Post on 22-Feb-2016
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Panic of 1893
• Democratic Party control– Grover Cleveland
• Massive expansion– Railroad speculation– Stock Market crash– Runs on banks
• Repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Protests . . .
• “General” Jacob Coxey– Coxey’s Army– His solution
. . . and strikes
• Bituminous Coal Miners Strike– United Mine Workers
• Pullman Strike