5.7 Granger and Populist Party Movement

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Movements farmers turned to for fixing issues

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Granger Movement and Populist Party

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Granger and Populist Party Movement time period

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1865-1900s

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Reason for cheap land in the Midwest

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Homestead Act, 1862

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Impact of high grain storage and transportation prices

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Due to railroad trusts

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Federal government's relationship with big business

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Supported big business

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Lack of regulation in which industry hurt farmers

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Railroad industry

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Acts given to regulate business practices, but were difficult to enforce

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Interstate Commerce Commission (1887) and Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

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Outcome of Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co., v. Illinois (1886)

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States cannot regulate railroads (interstate commerce)

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Outcome of EC Knight v. US (1895)

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Limited the effectiveness of the Sherman Act

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Purpose of the Populist Party

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Support policies for the 'common man' like workers and farmers