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T/F: Industry changed the way America's economy began to function.
What is true?
T/F: People left factories to join farms during the late 19th century.
What is false?
This region of the United States completely opened up during the late 19th century.
What is the West?
This industry boomed out West during the (2nd) Industrial Revolution.
What is the railroad industry?
This group of people was banned from immigrating to the United States in the late 19th century.
What is Chinese?
This man is the face of the Populist Party.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
America was this type of society before the (2nd) Industrial Revolution.
What is agrarian society?
The Chinese Exclusion Act passed in this year.
What is 1882?
These people formed the Populist Party.
What are alliances of farmers?
This man ran for President 3 times and lost each time.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
A US state that prohibits employers from requiring employees to join or pay union dues
What is a right to work state?
A US state that doesn't prohibit employers from requiring employees to join or pay union dues
What is a non right to work state?
Other name for the People's Party.
What is the Populist Party?
This is the year the Homestead Act was enacted.
What is 1862?
This is the year Nixon took the US off of the gold standard.
What is 1971?
This could be viewed as a negative for some labor unions.
What are signing bonuses?
This is why the Populist Party wanted the US off of the gold standard.
What is to reduce the value of the dollar allowing farmers to get out of debt sooner?
This is why Chinese immigrants were being singled out/targeted as not wanted here.
What is people viewed them as those who would undercut them for their jobs?
This is why and how cities become such a unique part of American history.
What is they form the foundation of neighborhoods and how multiple cultures assimilate. Melting pot
This party gave William Jennings Bryan their Presidential nomination.
What is the Democratic Party?