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| the occupation, business, or science of cultivating the land, producing crops, and raising livestock |
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| Farms of 1000 acres or more |
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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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| Environmental Organization |
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| As farmers start settling people will see more clashes with Indians |
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| Gold was the first to be mined and later silver, iron, copper, lead, zinc, and tin. |
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| Distributed land to individuals in exchange for citizenship. |
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| Grandfather had to be a registered voter before January 1, 1867 |
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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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| The idea of all blacks moving back "home" to Africa |
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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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| 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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| Platform in 1890 including direct election of senators, lower tariff, more money, and greater government involvement |
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| Platform that called for direct election of Senators, 8-hour workday, and a graduated income tax |
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| In 1892, the People Party's presidential candidate that died before election day |
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| The People Party's replacement presidential candidate after Leonidas Polk's death |
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