Vocab 1
combining efforts by companies to prevent competition in an industry
What is pooling
members of the People’s Party
Populists
gave women the right to vote in the United States.
Nineteenth Amendment
The federal government created this Commission to oversee railroads and, in the same act, outlawed pooling.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Farmers and other customers objected to railroads' pooling because
pooling reduced competition and kept shipping costs high.
organization of farmers created in the 1860s, also known as the Patrons of Husbandry
What is Grange
legal arrangements in which a number of companies are grouped under a single board of trustees
trusts
begun in 1902, made it difficult for many poor Texans to vote.
poll tax
laws to regulate business in Texas.
Hogg Laws
The Southern Farmer’s Alliance left the Democratic Party in 1891 becasue
failure of the Democrats to support the Alliance’s subtreasury plan.
statement of political goals of a political party
What is platform
the banning of alcoholic beverages
prohibition
Former Grange members formed this group, which was a more politically active organization.
Southern Farmer’s Alliance
The manufacture and sale of alcohol was made illegal in the United States following the ratification of the what Amendment.
Eighteenth Amendment
Progressive changes in education did not benefit all Texans equally because
the state established separate funding for schools based on race.
businesses owned and operated for the benefit of an organization’s members
What is a cooperative store
reformers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who worked to improve society
progressives
The first woman elected to state office in Texas
Annie Webb Blanton
legislation that established primary elections for all local and state offices.
Terrell Election Law
Democrats weakened the Populist Party when they
adopted some of its programs as their own.
sole control of a field of business
What is a monopoly
plan of government where a panel of elected commissioners is in charge of city services
commission plan
Elected attorney general in 1886, brought lawsuits against railroads and insurance companies for illegal and anti-competitive activities
James Stephen Hogg
The movement that encouraged people to drink less alcohol.
temperance movement
Governor Hogg created the Texas Railroad Commission because
it had become necessary to have a body that could
enforce regulations.