WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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National Parks, consumer protection, trust-busting
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prohibition, conservation, women’s suffrage
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direct election of senators, graduated income tax, 8 hour work day
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Corporatism, graduated income tax, prohibition
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Detailed explanation-1: -To revitalize democracy, progressives established direct primary elections, direct election of senators (rather than by state legislatures), initiative and referendum, and women’s suffrage which was promoted to advance democracy and bring a “purer” female vote into the arena.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the United States, the term “populist” originally referred to the Populist Party and related left-wing movements of the late 19th century that wanted to curtail the power of the corporate and financial establishment. Later the term “populist” began to apply to any anti-establishment movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -The National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, also known as the Southern Farmers’ Alliance, or simply the Farmers’ Alliance, would become the core organization of the Populist movement.