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15 Cards in this Set
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What was the poplist movement?
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workers began to complain about working conditions and pay
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were did the the populist movement start?
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in the south and midwest
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What was causing farmers economic insecurity?
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-prices went down
-debt went up -banks seized their land -their was deflation -interest rates up -freight charges up |
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The populist party came from what alliance?
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the farmers alliance
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Who was the populist party for?
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the little guys who owned farms
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What did the main part of platform state?
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-unlimited silver
-graduated income tax -nat. gov. to run banks and railroads |
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How many hours did populist believe one should work in a day?
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8 hours
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Subtreasury plan?
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Gov would hold grain for the farmers loan and the farmer would get a better interest rate
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What was the Pullman strike?
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all railroad groups striked
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Why was president cleveland allowed to replace workers?
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Because the strike effected the mail
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What happened to coxeys strikers?
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they got kicked out of DC
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Why did urban workers not side with the populist?
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Because they weeretn for highn food prices, instead they were for high tarrif and sub treasury had nothing to do with them
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Why did they demonitize silver?
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Non one was going to give the silver to make money with
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When they demonitized silver what did the people say?
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they called it a crime 73
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How did they goc try to regulate the silver problem?
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they put small quantities in circulation
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