HIST 3057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Free Silver, Debt Bondage, William Jennings Bryan

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The age of reform agrarian protest hist 2112, dr. hamilton lecture outline. Populist movement was most dramatic social and political movement in us. Geography matters mid west and prairie west for the sources of populist. Spread through mid west, had local chapters- meet and discussed social issue, 1870s - took much more political direction and demanded changes in state and national laws. Attention to railroad, bankers big consolidated economy powers that seem to be dictating nature of economy to these farmers. Gain political power in midwestern states like illinois: granger laws (munn v. illinois, 1887) Applied state level regulations on companies like railroads appling regulatory force to bring these corporations to act in public interest. Granger movement - give speeches where she would tell farmers raise less corn and more hell be political, stop overproducing yourselves into poverty. Most of grangers to blame politicians, railroads, bankers: northwestern farmers" alliance.

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