19th Century Timeline By Kari Bishop 1862 Bessemer process: A cheap and effective process for making steel; developed around 1850. 1850 Homestead Act: A U.S. law that provided…
Slide 1American Studies Monday, 26 January Time will pass; will you? 73 days remain in the spring semester Can you name this artist? Today’s Goals: …
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Slide 1“We the People” Push Back during the Gilded Age Slide 2 The Granger Movement Slide 3 Goals of the Grangers (1860s and 1870s) Organize Midwestern Farmers Protest…
Slide 1 The Populists and the Election of 1896 Libertyville HS Slide 2 Rise of the Populist Party Populists were mainly western farmers Populists were mainly western farmers…
Slide 1 Populism “My Life Has Value!” Slide 2 What is Populism? A People’s Movement A movement seeking to aid interests of farmers and the working class against the…
Slide 1 Center for Economic and Business Research 2008 Conference Deregulation and Rural Banking in Southeast Missouri by Michael Devaney Slide 2 Finance fosters economic…