Farming and Populism

Exodusters

• Ex-Confederates who went west

• Ex-Slaves who went west

• Chinese railroad workers

• Irish railroad workers

Homestead Act

• Kept people home instead of heading west

• Caused people to return to Europe

• Was vetoed by Lincoln

• Gave people 160 acres if they lived there 5 years

Who was the Populist/Democratic candidate for President?

• Andrew Jackson

• Grover Cleveland

• William Jennings Bryan

• William McKinley

Who did the National Grange help?

• Farmers

• Miners

• Bankers

• Loggers

What was a goal of the National Grange?

• fix railroad shipping rates

• fix suffrage

• fix discrimination

• fix child labor

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

• Bricks

• Bedrock

• Wood

• Sod

What political group grew out of the Grange Organization?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Populists

• Independents

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

• European Immigrants

• Asian Immigrants

• Mexican Americans

• African Americans

deflation

• increase in prices

• decrease in prices

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

• They provided ways for settlers to acquire western land

• forced Native Americans onto reservations

• discriminated against African American families

• enabled railroad companies to develop the land near tracks