WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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The Grange
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Farmers’ Alliances
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Knights of Labor
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the Populist Party’s central goals was to create a coalition between farmers in the South and West and urban laborers in the Midwest and Northeast. In the latter regions, the Populists received the support of union officials like Knights of Labor leader Terrence Powderly and railroad organizer Eugene V.
Detailed explanation-2: -The People’s party, more commonly known as the Populist party, was organized in St. Louis in 1892 to represent the common folk-especially farmers-against the entrenched interests of railroads, bankers, processers, corporations, and the politicians in league with such interests.
Detailed explanation-3: -The agrarians created the People’s or Populist Party, drafted a platform, and nominated James B. Weaver for president and James G. Field for vice president. The Omaha platform of 1892 concisely documented the grievances and demands of farmers.