Chapter 17

what did many people call for?

a halt to immigration from eastern and southern europe

what did ida b wells prove of lynching

an attempt to kill african american men who were 1. too successful 2. political threat to southern racism

who did farmers blame? (3)

banks railroads middle-men

who was ida b wells

black editor

in the south, who were the poorest paid workers

children

where did the people of Piedmont communities move to? for what jobs?

city mill jobs

what is vertical integration?

combination in one company of 2+ stages of production

what did plessy v. ferguson legalize? year?

concept of separate but equal in 1896

What did teh Ocala platform call for?

creation of a national farmers party

Improvements in Southern industries ___

did little to help African American workers

what did seasonal labor make impossible

education

*essay* what did the WCTU do (3)

fought alcohol, prostitution called for prison reform wanted to end the wage system

what did the peoples party call for? (5)

government ownership of railroads banks and telegraph lines graduated income tax 8 hr work day restrictions on immigration

northern investors (2)

held much of the South's wealth returned little in jobs and social services

what kind of jobs did black women take?

household workers

where did populists win seats in? (5)

idaho nevada kansas colorado north dakota

By the 1870's southern merchants began building

iron factories

who did the Peoples party run for president

james baird weaver of iowa

what kind of jobs did blacks get?

janitorial

what were these racist laws called?

jim crow laws

*essay* What 2 movements did the women help build?

labor and farm movements

Industries in the South by 1900 ___

lagged far behind the rest of the country

what did Ida B. Wells do

led a crusade against lynchings

what kind of workers were blacks?

limited to unskilled

what became common across the south

lynching

what began to grow in the South?

new modern mills

*essay* who was Francis E Willard?

one of the greatest leaders of the era for women

what was the national farmers party known as

people's party

what did southern states pass (3) to keep African Americans from voting?

poll taxes literacy tests grandfather clauses

what issues did mill workers face? (2)

poverty health hazards

What did the Farmer's Alliance call for? (4)

public ownership of railroads graduated income tax lower tariffs free/unlimited coinage of silver

what was the southerner's warrant behind lynching

punishment for African American men raping white women

what did states begin to pass

racist laws that kept blacks from voting

What did Munn v. Illinois uphold

right of states to regulate private property in public interest

What was high in the Piedmont Communities?

rural poverty

what put southern families on the move

seasonal labor picking crops

what was much of southern labor like

segregated

where is the Piedmont region?

south of tidewater region starts in South Virginia

when cotton/tobacco prices fell, what did many families turn to

tenant farming

what was special about the populists electoral votes

they were the only 3rd party to win 22 electoral votes since the civil war

what did the grange do?

tried to help each other when farmers lost money from new competition

what occured in the cotton industry

vertical integration

what did mckinley make a major part of his foreign policy

white supremacy

how did cities grow

with the rise of textile mills

northern railroads owned ___ of all Southern ___

+1/2 track

When was the grange organized? by who?

1867 farmers

years of grover's presidency

1885-1889

how many electoral votes did populists win

22

How many members did the National Farmers' Alliance claim

3 million

What ended the Grange? (2)

Depression Supreme Court overturned railroad regulations

What was the rallying cry of farmers?

Equal rights to all, special privileges to none

who regained presidency in ___

Grover cleveland 1892

Farmer's Alliance won seats in state legislatures of (3)

Nebraska Minnesota South Dakota

December 1890, where did the Farmer's Alliance call their meeting for?

Ocala, Florida

*essay* what did Willard run?

WCTU

*essay* what was Willard a major force in

Women's suffrage movement in the midwest