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14 Cards in this Set
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CRAFT UNION
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a union that seeks to unify workers in a particular industry along the lines of the particular craft or trade that they work in by class or skill level.
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KNIGHTS OF LABOR
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First national labor union for the time period. Labor workers got togheter. Skilled, women, blacks. Strikes.
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
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An umbrella of national unions, each skilled trade had their own union. No common laborers. Organize for goals, practical. Make sure their not crushed by industrialization
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY/ THE GRANGE
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Farmers group together, national organization. Socialized, talk about common cause/ situation. HELP SELVES
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NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE
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Late 1880s brought together north, south, colored farmers alliance. Pulled money. Warhouse (store cotton to hod out until prices went up. Own bakers.
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OMAHA PLATFORM
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Explication of what they stand for, tenets- issue they believe in which they support. Shows what populists wanted to do
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POPULIST PARTY
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Farmers who wanted to refor the economy and politics. Power to the ppl 1892
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FREE SILVER MOVEMENT
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Silver to be back in the money market, bringing inflation, leading to an increase in price of crops
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WILLIAM JENNING BRYAN
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Democratic election 1896. Free silver movement wanted. Populist party adopted. Lost
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY
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Republic party running for pres. Gold standards
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ELECTION OF 1896
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Populists grouped with Bryan, Mckinley won
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SUBTREASURY PLAN
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an advocated by the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union and the People's party in the early 1890s. It proposed a federal solution to the problem of agricultural credit.offices and storage facilities Farmers could deposit "imperishable" commodities for $
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DEFLATION
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Taking silver out of market, less money circulating.
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INFLATION
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Putting silver back in market, more money circulating. Good for farmers increase in price of crops. Drew in support of mining states.
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