Monday- We finished Men who made America Ep 4
Tuesday- Grange laws: series of state laws passed in several Midwester states-Iowa Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois in the late 1860's and 1870's
Designed to fight against railroad abuse
Wanted railroads and grain elevators to charge fair prices
Munn v Illinois-1877-Supreme Court Supported Farmers
Wabash v Illinois-1886- Supreme Court Supported Railroads
Interstate Commerce Act-1887- Allowed the U.S. Government to supervise railroads
required railroads to be "fair and just"
Failed to help farmers at first
Populist Movement-Omaha Platform-1890's
Help Farmers out of debt because they made a big part of the party
Give people a greater voice in the government, which also meant women and help everyone make their vote count
Increase money in circulation- when U.S. had a gold standard, there could only be so much money, because there was only so much gold.
William Jennings Bryan-Cross of Gold speach, where he talked about how the gold standard was killing the little man and we needed bimetalism.
Thursday- Populist Party:
Help Farmers out of Debt
Give people a greater voice in government
Increase money supply in circulation(Silverites)
Graduated income tax(Tax is higher the more you make)
Direct Selection of Senators- where the state chooses their own senators, rather than the whole populace
Single Terms for President/Vice President- Wanted it to be that a president couldn't serve as long as he wanted
Secret Ballot- Made it so you couldn't be forced to vote for a certain candidate as others would never know who you voted for unless you told.
8 hour work day- So people wouldn't be overworked, and they only had to work five days a week for 40 hours overall.
Restrictions of Immigration- to Stop people from lowering wages through not joining labor unions, and strikeout could not happen.
Comments