7 Populism and Movements against big business

how many states were added between 1889-90 as people moved west

6

brought new voters and issues

what is hayes response to the railroad strike of 1877

sends in federal troops to end the strike

when was the granger movement formed and why

1867

unite farmers against growing hostilities of the railroad companies

how many members did it have by 1870s

800,000

what political successes did the granger movement have

1890- had 4 governors s

what was set up in 1885 and by who

AFL

Samuel Gompers ho

how many members did the AFL have

250,000

what act removed silver from the market

1873 coinage act

what did the panic of 1893 lead to involving cleveland

jp morgan and his allies gave cleveland $62 million

what did cleveland do to the silver purchase act of 1890

revoked it

where did populism set out their manifesto in

omaha platform 1892

who was the populist party candidate and how many votes did he win

james weaver

1 million

who stood for the 1896 election for the democrat party

william jennings bryan w

what were some of his radical populist ideas

wanted to introduce silver

who opposed this

conservative democrats

who won the 1896 election

McKinley

how did Mckinley win the election

had $3 million from Mark Hanna

this paid for 1500 speakers

who did Mckinley fill his administration with

wealthy men

what policies did Mckinley set out

business-friendly policies that did nothing to prevent the consolidation of businesses into larger corporations

what did the dingley tariff act of 1897 do

increase tariff rates even higher

what was mckinley a strong believer of

gold standard which was helped by the Alaska-Yukon gold rush of 1897-99

what did the currency act 1900 do

committed the US to the gold standard