The Rise and Fall of Populism The Farmer’s Alliance In the 1880s‚ as drought hit the wheat-growing areas of the Great Plains and prices for Southern cotton sunk to new lows‚ many tenant farmers fell into deep debt. Lenders‚ grain-elevator owners‚ and others with whom farmers did business were angered. Depression worsened in the early 1890s‚ and some industrial workers shared different views on labor‚ trust‚ and monopolies. If the various alliances between the North
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issues like the currency debate‚ constant debt and rising costs. The debate over United States currency was a huge obstacle for farmers to overcome because they were in direct relation to the money crisis. In 1890 and 1892 with the Ocala and Omaha Platforms‚ farmers wanted free and unlimited coinage of silver so they could pay off any debt. A chart showing United States Population and Money in Circulation in 1865-1895 (Document C)‚ shows how after a period of less money in circulation in the 1870s
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two way communication and it is common that online is most uesful platform for new media. United broken my guiter Musician Dave Carroll said his guitar was broken while in United Airlines’ custody. He alleged that he heard a fellow passenger exclaim that baggage handlers on the tarmac at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport were throwing guitars during a layover on his flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport to Omaha‚ Nebraska’s Eppley Airfield. He arrived at his destination to discover
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In which presidential campaign did the Populists first appear? The Populists wrote the Omaha Platform in 1892. 3.What groups made up the Populist movement? Populists included farmers‚ laborers‚ and socialists. 4.In what sections of the country did the Populists gain their greatest support? Most populists came from the west or the south 5.List ten political and economic reforms the Populists proposed in their platform: Free and unlimited coinage of silver at a sixteen to one ratio with gold
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The Impact of Big Business - 1870 to 1900 Nathan Kest‚ 4th hour - DBQ The surge of industrial growth in the Post-Civil War US (i.e. 1870-1900)‚ is key to understanding the impact of big business in America. This period in American history revolved around the founders of big businesses‚ who tirelessly yearned for power. Big business between 1870 to 1900 had a negative impact on the American economy and political landscape‚ making Americans unhappy with their lack of influence in society‚ and cynical
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Enforcement Acts Sharecropping Liberal Republicans Redeemers The Compromise of 1877 Plutocracy Allotment Acts Recapitulation theory Grandfather clause Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson New Immigration Populism The Tariff The GAR Knights of Labor Omaha Platform Assimilation theory Frederick Jackson Turner Frontier Thesis Grant’s Peace Policy Neurasthenia Theodore Roosevelt New Imperialism The Great White Fleet Annexation of Hawai’i The Spanish-American War Reconcentrado Anti-Imperialist League Platt
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History 2057 Short answers 92. “Colloquy with colored Ministers (1865) - Garrison Fazier‚ Baptist minister - interview 93. “Petition of Committee on behalf of the Freedman to Andrew Jackson” (1865) - Freedman of Edisto Island South Carolina - petition 94. “The Mississippi Black Code” (1865) - Attempted to regulate the lives of former slaves‚ gave certain rights but denied same as well. - Andrew Johnson - Laws 95. “A Sharecropping Contract” (1866) - Thomas J. Ross - Contract
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At the end of the nineteenth century‚ the population‚ especially in cities‚ began to surge. Technology began to advance‚ helping cities handle the increasing population. (pg. 701) Along with the population‚ cities grew “as horse-drawn streetcars and commuter railways let people live farther away from their downtown workplaces.” (pg. 701) America greatly prospered‚ resulting in many immigrants being attracted to it. Many newcomers from Europe arrived in America‚ causing the number of immigrants to
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Urbanization is the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban. The impact of industrialization and urbanization on economic and social life The more industrialization matured‚ the more opportunities were created for work and investment‚ and this brought more people to cities as consumers and as workers. America’s urban and industrial growth changed economy and released dependence on European resources and manufactured goods. As cities grew larger they began to subdivide
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American agriculture greatly changed during 1865 to 1900 through technological advances and railroads spreading across the nation‚ both modernizing agriculture. New technological advances made farming easier with new inventions such as barbed wire and reapers. However‚ new technology advancements became too expensive for average American farmers to afford. Economic conditions became intolerable for farmers as railroad companies charged high shipping rates. In the government‚ policies were made that
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