Unit 9 Vocab

group of farmers created in the late 1860s to promote social activities among farmers and education for rural families

stores owned and managed by the Grange to sell things to its members at a cheaper price

group created in 1877 by farmers in Texas that was more politically active than the Grange

when companies agree on prices and practices, resulting in less competition between companies

political party (group) officially called the People’s Party, formed by Farmers’ Alliance members to stop busi-nesses from influencing the government

members of the Populist, or People’s Party

sole control, or conrol by one company, of a field (area) of business

laws to regulate business that were passed when James Hogg was governor

reformers in the late 1800s and early 1900s who worked for making changes to improve society

amendment to the U.S. Constitution that allowed the American people, rather than state legislatures, to vote for U.S. senators