first important national labor organization in the United States, founded in 1869, a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations

holiday (first Monday in September) honoring workers and recognizing their contributions to society. The first Labor Day parade was held in 1882 in New York City

a chaotic race on April 22, 1889, where about 50,000 people rushed to claim two million acres of free homestead land in central Oklahoma

Legal Tender Act (1862)

pivotal piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War. Facing a shortage of coins, the act authorized the U.S. Treasury to issue the first paper currency, known as "greenbacks."

short-lived 19th-century American political party, but it can also describe moderate-to-liberal politicians within the modern GOP.

, also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890, was a proposed U.S. law designed to protect the voting rights of African Americans in the Southern United States

major economic operations in the American West from the 1850s to the 1890s, where cowboys moved millions of cattle from Texas ranches to northern railheads

Looking Backward: by Edward Bellamy

a famous 1888 utopian science fiction novel by American author Edward Bellamy, about a man that wakes up in 2000 in future Amerca

a false historical narrative that portrays the Confederate cause in the American Civil War as heroic, noble, and unrelated to the institution of slavery

McKinley Tariff (1897)

a piece of United States legislation that significantly raised protective tariffs on imported goods. The primary goal was to protect American industries and farmers from foreign competition

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Knights of Labor	first important national labor organization in the United States, founded in 1869, a secret organization meant to protect its members from employer retaliations
Labor Day	holiday (first Monday in September) honoring workers and recognizing their contributions to society. The first Labor Day parade was held in 1882 in New York City
Land Rush of 1889	a chaotic race on April 22, 1889, where about 50,000 people rushed to claim two million acres of free homestead land in central Oklahoma
Legal Tender Act (1862)	pivotal piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War. Facing a shortage of coins, the act authorized the U.S. Treasury to issue the first paper currency, known as "greenbacks."
Liberal Republicans	short-lived 19th-century American political party, but it can also describe moderate-to-liberal politicians within the modern GOP.
Lodge Bill (1890)	, also known as the Federal Elections Bill of 1890, was a proposed U.S. law designed to protect the voting rights of African Americans in the Southern United States
Long Drive (Cattle)	major economic operations in the American West from the 1850s to the 1890s, where cowboys moved millions of cattle from Texas ranches to northern railheads
Looking Backward: by Edward Bellamy	a famous 1888 utopian science fiction novel by American author Edward Bellamy, about a man that wakes up in 2000 in future Amerca
Lost Cause Myth	a false historical narrative that portrays the Confederate cause in the American Civil War as heroic, noble, and unrelated to the institution of slavery
McKinley Tariff (1897)	a piece of United States legislation that significantly raised protective tariffs on imported goods. The primary goal was to protect American industries and farmers from foreign competition

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