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In the 1870s, US farmer's wives and their husbands joined the Patrons of Husbandry, the Grange, which sponsored dances,fairs, and lecturers who talked on just about any subject.
It was a social organization for farmers. In the 1880s, new groups like the Grange mushroomed all over the nation. The largest became the Southern Alliance. Both the Grange and the Alliance were supposed to be nonpolitical and were dedicated to taking women from their "enslaved role" into full participation in the agrarian movement with men. The Grange soon began to get political. It attacked the railroads for exploiting farmers, and elected politicians sympathetic to farmers who worked to regulate fares. The Supreme Court struck down the "Granger Laws" which were used to regulate the railroads, and the Grange and Alliance fell apart. Co-ops began to take the place of the Grange, and began to operated on a nonprofit basis, allowing farmers to pool their resources to purchase items more cheaply and to operate Credit Unions (membership of farmers) that acted like banks but more sympathetic to the farmers plight.
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What was unusual about the Grange Movement?
... It encouraged women to speak out.
During the Progressive era in the United States what was the significance of populism and what did historians disagree about with regards to populism?
populism is a part of immigration populism is a part of immigration
Who came to get Linton at the Grange?
Joseph came to get Linton at the Grange.
Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist Movement in the late 19th century?
The Populist movement emerged from the remains of the Grange movement. It started as a way to help farmers and the poor who were tired of their horrible treatment. - government ownership of railroads - poor economic status of farmers - government indifference
What decision did Lockwood make concerning the Grange?
he did not want to rent the grange again
During the 1870s 1880s 1890s which new political movement surfaced?
Populism - Isaac =]
Movement to increase influence of laborers?
populism
What was the decline of the populist movement?
Populism is not in decline. See the Tea Party movement, and Sarah Palin.
What did the grange begin as?
In 1875 the grange movement began to promote farmers and farming methods.
What was the movement to increase the influence of laborers during the McKinley Bryan election?
Populism
What was unusual about the Grange Movement?
... It encouraged women to speak out.
The Grange movement most actively promoted?
rural cooperatives
What was the Grange movement most actively promoted by?
rural cooperatives.
Why was the populism movement important?
i do not know i am trying to figure out the same thing for my history ID test tomorrow!
Why is Oliver H kelley famous?
he founded the grange movement in the 1800s
During the Progressive era in the United States what was the significance of populism and what did historians disagree about with regards to populism?
populism is a part of immigration populism is a part of immigration
How did the grange movement improve the plight of farmers?
forcing railroads to lower their rates
