TX History - Calls for Reform

A series of economic depressions between 1875 and 1900 caused the market price of cotton and other farm products to fall. The result was that some farmers could not pay their _____, which risked losing the homes they owned

• Rent

• Suppliers

• Workers

• Mortgages

Many railroad lines held a _____ on the rail service for a given area, which meant the company could charge whatever rates it wanted for shipping crops

• Liscense

• Monopoly

• Guarantee

• Tyranny

A number of farmers joined a group known as the Patrons of Husbandry, or the _____, to work together for economic reform

• Grange

• Farmers' Alliance

• Texas People's Party

• Populist Party

The Patrons of Husbandry set up _____, or jointly owned stores, so that farmers could buy supplies at cheaper prices

• Cooperatives

• Buyers' Clubs

• A monopoly

• Farm Bureaus

A meeting of farmers in Lampasas County in September 1877 led to the formation of the _____, which also fought for reform on issues that affected farmers

• Grange

• Farmers' Alliance

• Progressive Movement

• Reform Party

_____ farmers were not allowed to join the Farmers' Alliance, so they formed their own group

• Women

• African Americans

• Populists

• Progressive

In the 1890s, a new political party, the _____ Party, was formed and attempted to weaken the Democrats' hold on major government offices

• Populist

• Progressive

• Farmers

• Republican

In the late 1800s, a national political reform movement known as _____ grew as Americans recognized the need for reforms in business and society

• Socialism

• Reformism

• Improvement

• Progressivism

Governor _____ targeted the formation of trusts, a combination of companies that unite to reduce competition

• John H. Reagan

• Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross

• James S. Hogg

• Richard Coke

The Texas Railroad Commission was formed in 1891 to monitor _____ shipments and passenger travel in Texas

• Cattle

• Interstate

• Intrastate

• Oil