The Grange Movement
The group whose goal was to defend members against middlemen, trusts, and railroads.
Who are the Patrons of Husbandry/Grange Movement?
The year that the Interstate Commerce Act was passed.
What is 1886?
In 1890, this political group met in Ocala, Florida, to discuss reforms aimed at helping farmers and addressing economic issues.
What is the National Farmers' Alliance?
This movement, which aimed to improve the conditions of farmers, grew out of organizations like the Farmers Alliance and Grange.
What is the Populist Movement?
A person who owns or manages a farm.
What is a farmer?
This is the full name for the organization created in 1867 to support farmers by providing educational opportunities and social events.
What is the the National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry?
A federal regulatory agency with the power to investigate and prosecute pools, rebates, and other discriminatory practices.
What was the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)?
Although the National Alliance did not form a political party, their support for local and state candidates was influential in this event.
What are the 1890 elections?
The Populist Party fused with this political party after supporting its candidate in 1896.
What is the Democratic Party?
The item(s) that is/are scattered on fields and grow into crops.
What are seeds?
The businesses owned and run by the farmers to save the costs charged by middlemen.
What are Cooperatives?
The Interstate Commerce Act required railroad rates to be these two things.
What is "reasonable and just?"
The Ocala Platform proposed revising this federal system along with suggesting a graduated income tax, lower tariff rates, and the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is a federally regulated banking system?
The Populist Party officially disbanded this year.
What is 1908?
This animal, commonly found on farms, is raised for its milk and is often associated with the production of cheese and butter.
What is a cow?
The person who founded the National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry in 1868.
Who is Oliver H. Kelly?
The Interstate Commerce Act banned this practice, which had allowed railroads to charge different rates for similar services, often hurting farmers and small businesses.
What is "discriminatory pricing" (or "rate discrimination")?
The Ocala Platform called for a new federally regulated banking system, as well as this policy to help reduce tariffs and make goods more affordable.
What is lowering tariff rates?
Founded in 1891, this political party nominated James B. Weaver as its candidate in 1892, where he secured 8.5% of the popular vote.
What is the People’s Party?
This yellow crop is often eaten as a vegetable or used to make popcorn.
What is corn?
In the 1870s, the Grange helped push for state-level laws known as these, which were designed to regulate the prices charged by railroads and warehouses.
What are Granger Laws?
This 1886 Supreme Court case ruled that states could not regulate interstate commerce, specifically railroad rates, leading to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Act.
What is Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois?
The National Alliance of Farmers criticized both major political parties for being controlled by these two powerful entities, which they felt were harming farmers.
What are Wall Street bankers and big business?
Despite the decline of the Populist Party after 1908, its ideas influenced this broader political movement that pushed for social and political reforms in the early 20th century.
What is the Progressive movement?
The machine that is used to harvest crops.
What is a combine harvester?