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Chapter 18, Section 3

Chapter 18, Section 3. The Grange Movement An early national farm organization in the United States Worked for mutual welfare AKA the Patrons of Husbandry

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Chapter 18, Section 3

Page 2: Chapter 18, Section 3. The Grange Movement An early national farm organization in the United States Worked for mutual welfare AKA the Patrons of Husbandry

The Grange Movement• An early national farm organization

in the United States• Worked for mutual welfare• AKA the Patrons of Husbandry

• Organized by Oliver Kelley

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The Grange Movement

Problems of

Farmers

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Overproduction

• New technology produced more• Drives prices down too much• Farmers not making any money

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High Costs

• Railroads charging high prices to transport goods

• Storage facilities charging to much to store products

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Natural Disasters

• Cannot control the weather• Sever draughts ruin crops

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Debt

• Farmers need money so they borrow from banks

• They do not make enough money to pay the bank back

• Now their at the mercy of the interest rate

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The Vicious Cycle

Problems of

Farmers

Debt

Natural Disasters

High Costs

Overproduction

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What did they do???• Got laws passed that fixed

maximum freight & passenger rates

• Forbade railroads to discriminate between places or shippers

• Attempted to regulate monopolies of such farmer necessities as grain elevators and warehouses (Munn v. Illinois 1877 )

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Munn v. Illinois

• Court ruled that the Constitution recognized a state’s right to a “police power” that permitted regulation of private property “affected with a public interest.”

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CHANGES ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER

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Treat at Fort Laramie

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Assimilation

• Native Americans would give up their beliefs & way of life & become a part of white culture

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Dawes Act

• Gave 160 acres of land to Indians for individual farms

• On probation for 25 years

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Battle of Wounded Knee

• 7th cavalry rounded up 350 starving & freezing Sioux

• Shots fired, 300 dead

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Whites Settle the Great Plains

Homestead Act– 160 acres of free land; have to farm it

within 5 years

Exoduster– African Americans who moved from

post-Reconstruction South to Kansas

Oklahoma Land Rush– 1889 – 2 million acres claimed in a

dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFrVoG-edFc

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THE POPULIST PARTY

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What is a third party?

A political party organized as opposition to the existing parties in a two-party system

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THE POPULIST PLATFORM

Voting Work DaySenatorsGov’t

OwnershipOf:

Money ImmigrationPresidencyTax

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Money

• Wanted to inflate the currency by either printing paper money or coining silver

vs

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Tax

• Wanted a graduated federal income tax

• It would take a higher proportion of large incomes than of small incomes

• “The more you make the more you pay”

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Presidency

• Wanted a single term for the President and Vice-President

• Backed candidate William Jennings Bryan

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Immigration

• Restrict immigration • Too much overproduction already

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Voting

•A secret ballot to end vote fraud

•Wanted to institute initiative, recall & referendum

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Initiative– Would enable the people to introduce

bills in Congress & in state legislatures by petition

Recall– Would enable voters to remove

elected officials from elected positions before their terms were completedReferendum

– Would allow the people to vote on bills after they had been passed by a legislature

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Government Ownership

• Called for government ownership & operation of the railroads, & the telegraph and telephone systems

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Senators

• Wanted direct election of Senators instead of by state legislatures

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Work Day

• 8-hour workday• Bread & Butter Issues (needed to

attract more than just farmers if they wanted to be successful)

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Gold vs. SilverBUSINESS FARMERS

Bankers & businessmen

Farmers & laborers

Gold Standard; Less money in circulation

Bimetallism;More money in circulation

Loans would be repaid in stable money

Products would be sold at higher prices

DEFLATION:•Prices fall•Value of & increases•Fewer people have $

INFLATION:•Prices rise•Value of $ decreases•More people have $

Who They Were

What They Wanted

Why

Effects