WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Progressives
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Free Soil Party
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Knights of Labor
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Populists
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Grange, also known as the Patrons of Husbandry, was organized in 1867 to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Grange and the Farmers’ Alliances paved the way for the Populist Party because they realized that to make far-reaching changes they need a political voice. The Populist Party picked up many of the social and economic concerns of the farmers and gave them a voice.
Detailed explanation-3: -Granges were more political than Farmers’ Alliances. Farmers’ Alliances were more political than Granges. Granges supported the gold standard, while the Farmers’ Alliances did not. Granges supported the civil rights movement, while the Farmers’ Alliances did not.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1891, the People’s Party (also known as the Populist Party, or the Populists) was formed as a political party representing the interests of the nation’s agricultural sector. The Farmer’s Alliance was a major part of the Populist coalition. The People’s Party nominated James B.