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| Interstate Commerce Commission |
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first independent regulatory agency-created in 1887
railroads-shift in power from state to fed government |
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three person commission to make guidelines for executive and legislative appointments
president assigns commission |
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| National Farmers Alliance |
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| Charles W. Macune and William Lamb-regional organizations-became the Populists party-pledged to restore democracy-pissed off farmers |
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| first nation-wide strike, railroad workers protested wage cuts and U.S. army suppressed strikes |
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Women's Christian Temperance Union (largest women's organization in world)
preached abstinence from alcohol, reformed prison system, banned prostitution, and eliminate wage system |
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supporters of People's Party
want more direct demorcracy, more control |
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| head of American Federation of Labor-nationwide unemployment at 3 million |
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| mass of unemployed people- marched to D.C. to demand public works program |
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Pennsylvania- steal workers who went on strike and fought with replacement workers
governor called in National Gaurd |
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strike after wages were cut in half, food/rent prices had not changed
members of commitee that listed greivances were fired |
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formed the American Railway Union to bring all railroads workers into one union- "champion" of Pullman workers
ran for President as socialist in 1900 |
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| eliminate silver from circulation to tighten money supply- farmers who depended on credit called it the "crime of '73" |
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church to lead the way for civil service reform and end of child labor
petitioned to regulate corporations and place limit on profits |
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| the unlimited coinage of silver |
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populist candidate for president 1896
supporter for free silver |
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republican candidate of 1896 (won election)
set a new precedent for presidential campaigns- spent 7 million dollars
as president promoted pro-business and expansionist measures |
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| southern local and state government codefied racist ideology by passing discriminatory segregationist legislation |
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| Poll Tax and Literacy Test |
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| southern states enacted this so blacks wouldnt be able to vote |
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young editor of a black newspaper in Memphsis
anti-lynching |
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"displayed" people from foreign lands
agricultural hall- all eyes were on world wide markets for American products |
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| advocated "imperialism of righteousness" |
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