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History Chapter 17
The Farmer's World
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12th Grade
09/13/2011

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Agriculture
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the occupation, business, or science of cultivating the land, producing crops, and raising livestock
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Bonanza Farms
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Farms of 1000 acres or more
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Yosemite Nation Park
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Established in 1890
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The Forest Reserve Act
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Law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public
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The Sierra Club
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Environmental Organization
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The Second Great Removal
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As farmers start settling people will see more clashes with Indians
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Natural Resources
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Gold was the first to be mined and later silver, iron, copper, lead, zinc, and tin.
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The Dawes Act 1887
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Distributed land to individuals in exchange for citizenship.
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Grandfather Clause
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Grandfather had to be a registered voter before January 1, 1867
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson
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Lawsuit after a colored guy (Plessy) sat in the "White's Only" train car. Created "Separate but Equal" causing a number of Jim Crow Laws to go into effect
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Back to Africa
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The idea of all blacks moving back "home" to Africa
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Jim Crow Laws
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Laws that denied African Americans basic social, economic, and civil rights, such as the right to vote. Ex: Segregation, Poll taxes and literacy tests
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The Order of the Patrons of Husbandry
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the first attempt to organize farmers
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The National Grange
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Blamed the middlemen for their problems so they tried to form their own companies like grain elevator operators. 800,000 members
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The Interstate Commerce Act 1887
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Act that established a national railroad rate that would be reasonable and just
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The Southern Farmers' Alliance
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Called for more cooperation, regulation of monopolies, more money production, better rural education and farm colleges.
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The Ocala Platform 1890
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Platform in 1890 including direct election of senators, lower tariff, more money, and greater government involvement
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The Peoples Party 1892
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Platform that called for direct election of Senators, 8-hour workday, and a graduated income tax
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Leonidas Polk
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In 1892, the People Party's presidential candidate that died before election day
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James Weaver
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The People Party's replacement presidential candidate after Leonidas Polk's death
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