Farmers
The official political party formed by Farmers and became the 1st major 3rd Party in the US.
What is the Populist Party?
The type of work most people were involved in before Industrialization.
What is Agriculture?
The king of the Steel Industry.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
These included long hours, low wages, dangerous and unsanitary.
What are working conditions?
After the Civil War this was made legal under Plessey v. Ferguson.
What is segregation?
An example of a group who controlled farmers and could take away their land if mortgage payments were made.
Who are Banks?
The type of work the majority of people were involved in during and after the Industrial Revolution.
What is Factory or Industrial Jobs?
An example of political corruption at the state and local level who exchanged favors for votes.
What are political machines?
The first major strike in the United States.
What is the Great Railroad Strike?
What was the first battle of the American Revolution,often called "the shot heard round the world?"
What is Lexington and Concord?
The Big Business who controlled farmers because of farmers dependence on transporting their crops to distant markets.
What are railroads?
The 3 main industries of the Industrial Revolution during the late 1800's,
What is Steel, Oil and Railroads?
An example of the justification of wealth created by a small group of people despite the majority of people living in poverty.
What is Social Darwinism or the Gospel of Wealth?
An example of a conflict between labor and management that took place at Andrew Carnegie's Steel Plant.
What is the Homestead Strike?
Laws created in the South to enforce Segregation after Reconstruction ended.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
An example of a local organizations who worked to improve conditions for farmers.
Who are the Grangers or Farmer's Alliance?
Groups of people who experienced new economic opportunities after the civil war during Industrialization.
Who are Women, African Americans and Immigrants?
Two examples of economic consolidation that allowed business owners to create a monopoly and destroy their competition.
What is What is Vertical and Horizontal Integration?
Management usually always had the support of this group during labor conflicts and strikes.
What is the Government?
The system of labor that dominated the South despite efforts to industrialize like the North.
What is sharecropping?
This caused farmers to go in debt and led to overproduction and falling prices.
What is new technology?
The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act paid for by the Federal government by is an example of this.
What are Government Subsidies?
A belief that stated the benefits of industrialization should benefit all people equally and all business decisions should be controlled by the government.
What is Socialism?
An exclusive labor union who only allowed skilled workers and fought for "Bread and Butter" goals like better wages and less hours.
What is American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
Which colony in the mid-17th century passed legislation protecting the rights of Catholic colonists to worship freely?
What is Maryland?