Anti-asian sentiment
White
Anglo
Saxon
Riots started and 28 chinese minors were killed when china town was set fire
GENTLEMENS AGREEMENT
japans gov. agreed to stop sending so many immigrants over and san fran would get rid of segragation laws
japanese were segragrated
Populist party platform was formed in St. Louis
-represented by the common common folk
populist were farmers and factory workers mainly. amaining to help the common people
Omaha platform:
increase money supply
graduated income tax- the more you make the more tax you get taken out
federal loan program- helped farmers keep there farms
8 hr, work day- limited the - hours they would have to work but the
restriction on immigration-farctory workers wanted to keep them out because they would take there job and be paid less. the immigrants made it hard for them to push for the labor union.
James k weaver was president
panic of 1893
economy collasped
depression led to british selling american investments
american lost gold
may 15 stock reached all time low
unemployment grew
Bryan and the "cross of gold"
speach given by william jenning bryan at democratic convention
known as one of the better speaches in US history
issue was whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold
-farmers wanted more money to circulate so that there crop prices were inflated
-Bryan thought that money should be backed up with more than just gold, silver too.
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Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
people moved to america because of the potato famine- fungus on the potatoes
they had job shortages on there countries
they wanted to be free in america
they wanted to escape discrimination
depressions made it hard for people to immigrate to america because they didn't have the money
americanization movement- people came to cities in america because of Frances Kellor
she wanted to help them fit in with american cultures cuz they tried to make them more american
immigration
bad reasons- potato famine, depression
good reasons- transportation changes, cost and concient of cities, jobs, industrial revolution
industrialization- jobs were easier to find and wages were better
machinery got better so famers didn't need to do as much- each farmer could do more land= less farmers
What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?
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