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Populists
Farmers in the Gilded Age
Question | Answer |
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Group of agrarian organizations that worked to increase the political and econmic power of farmers; founded in 1867; also called the Patrons of Husbandry | National Grange |
Founder of the Grange | Oliver H. Kelley |
Group of unemployed workers who marched from Ohio to Washington to draw attention to the plight of workers and ask for government relief; the leaders were arrested | Coxey's army |
Movement which focused on cooperation between farmers; they agreed to sell crops at the same high prices to eliminate competition and to buy supplies as a cooperative | Farmer's Alliance |
One of the founders of and speaker for the Populist Party | Mary Ellen Lease |
Party that united farmers and laborers; called for the free coinage of silver; government ownership of railroads | Populist |
First Populist candidate for president in 1892 | James B. Weaver |
Three-time candidate for president; nominated because of support from the Populist Party | William Jennings Bryan |
Law that directed the Treasury to buy large amounts of silver at inflated prices; lead to a run on federal gold reserves and the Panic of 1893; repealed in 1893 | Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
Rich deposits of silver found in Nevada in 1859 | Comstock Lode |
Use of gold and silver for currency in America | Bimetalism |
1878 law that authorized coinage of silver numbers; first of several government subsidies to silver producers; created a partial dual coinage system; repealed in 1900 | Bland-Allison Act |
1900 law that stated that all paper money could be backed only by gold; eliminated silver coins | Gold Standard Act |