The Farmers' Revolt Crossword Clues
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- 3. The primary cause of falling crop prices where a market glut drove values lower.
- 9. Also known as the People's Party, this political group formed in 1891.
- 10. The provincial credit system that tied indebted farmers to unprofitable land.
- 13. Material used to build early, rough rural huts in North Dakota.
- 14. A group from a generation earlier that also tapped into America's egalitarian spirit.
- 15. The Nebraska city where the People's Party held its 1892 national convention.
- 16. A form of large-scale farming heavily dependent on Eastern controlled monetary policy.
- 17. The metal standard that farmers wanted to move away from in favor of silver or paper currency.
- 18. The national movement for women's voting rights that many female Alliance members supported.
- 20. Taxes on imported industrial products that increased farmers' expenses without protecting crop prices.
- 22. The corrupt urban and local systems that Populists sought to assault.
- 25. The monetary system the U.S. became fully dependent on after silver coinage was abolished.
- 27. The "plain" group from the American heartland who used the language of the common man.
- 29. What Republicans "waved" to kindle memories of the Civil War and maintain Northern loyalty.
- 33. Surname of the founder of the Patrons of Husbandry in 1867.
- 34. What most small farmers lacked access to, forcing them to rely on local merchants.
- 36. Relating to the farmers and land-based interests that drove the 19th-century protest movement.
- 37. One of the methods used by both major parties to sustain their organizations and reward loyalty.
- 38. One of the primary targets of the American agrarians' "indignant furor".
- 39. Type of westward farm expansion that contributed to an oversupply of agricultural products.
- 40. The type of monetary pressure farmers hoped to create by putting more silver or paper money into circulation.
- 1. The 1862 law that made land cheap and abundant but ultimately depressed agricultural prices.
- 2. Referred to by critics and Populists as the "Crime of '73".
- 4. What Populist leaders warned against regarding their ideals,specifically seen in Bryan's 1896 nomination.
- 5. The 1896 Democratic nominee who used evangelical righteousness to court Populist voters.
- 6. The popular name for the Patrons of Husbandry, one of the first farmer reform groups.
- 7. The Populists' goal for the two-party system, rather than remaking it.
- 8. The quality of the party system that led the Populist movement to distance itself from national politics.
- 11. Prominent spokeswoman who told farmers to "raise less corn and more hell!".
- 12. The Populist presidential candidate who received over one million votes in 1892.
- 19. The 1886 Supreme Court case that ruled state-level railroad regulations were unconstitutional.
- 21. The proposal to inflate the money supply that galvanized farmer protests.
- 23. The Alliance that represented over one million African American farmers.
- 24. Organizations where farmers pooled resources to get better shipping rates and prices on supplies.
- 26. Author of the platform statement that vilified bankers and railroad owners as conspirators.
- 28. The nature of the late 19th-century party system that made third-party inroads difficult.
- 30. A political party named after the printed currency it supported.
- 31. The multi-regional political organization that emerged in the 1890s.
- 32. A plan for the government to store crops in warehouses and provide loans to farmers.
- 35. Leader of the Southern Alliance who urged the creation of a national farmers' organization.