American Agriculture and the World
The Grange in the 1860s and 1870s

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887/The Southern Farmers’ Alliance in the 1880s and 1890s
The Ocala Platform
100
European farmers abandoning their farms for factories lead to...
lack of food for the country.
100
What was the earliest effort to organize white farmers in 1867 and who was the founder?
Order of the Patrons of Husbandry founded by Olivier Kelley
100
The legislation required that railroad rates be “reasonable and just” that rate schedules be made public, and practices be discontinued...
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
100
What platform was formed by the National Alliance in December of 1890 in Ocala, Florida?
The Ocala Platform
200
What percent of population were farmers in Britain?
What is 10%
200
By 1875. an estimated 800,000 had joined Kelley’s organization, now known as the …
What is the National Grange
200
What did the Interstate Commerce Commission have the power to do?
Investigate and prosecute lawbreakers
200
What was the justification for the reduction of prices?
For the sake of the “poor of our land.”
300
Between 1869 - 1874, which 4 states passed the Granger laws?
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin & Minnesota
300
What was the objective of the Southern Farmer’s Alliance?
“Equal Rights to all, special privileges to none”
300
What would more money do for the country?
Cause inflation and help debtors pay off loans
400
Name the two Supreme Court cases dealing with the Granger laws.
Munn v. Illinois & Wabash v. Illinois
400
What did alliance members find critical in improving the position of farmers?
Increasing the money supply
400
Legislators elected with Alliance support did what for the farmers?
They did not necessarily bring action on issues of interest to farmers, or even respect.
500
The Granger laws established the maximum rates that ________ & _____ ________ could charge. Fill the blanks.
Railroads & Grain Elevators
500
Name some measures taken to improve the quality of rural life...
Better rural public schools, state agricultural colleges, improvements in the status of women
500
Who was the first person to realize the necessity of forming an independent third party?
Georgia’s Tom Watson, who also knew that success in the South would depend on unity between white and black farmers.
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