Farming and Populism

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Exodusters

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Ex-Slaves who went west

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Homestead Act

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Gave people 160 acres if they lived there 5 years

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Who was the Populist/Democratic candidate for President?

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William Jennings Bryan

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Who did the National Grange help?

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Farmers

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What was a goal of the National Grange?

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fix railroad shipping rates

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What were most homes on the Great Plains built out of?

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Sod

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What political group grew out of the Grange Organization?

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Populists

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I am an Exoduster and I chose to move west in hopes of finally owning land. I was also trying to escape the KKK. Who am I?

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African Americans

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deflation

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decrease in prices

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What does the Morrill land Grant Act and the Homestead Act have in common?

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They provided ways for settlers to acquire western land.