-
first farmers alliance organized
To restore economic power to farmers as they dealt with railroads, merchants, and bankers -
Announcement of Electricity
Thomas Edison announces that he has developed electric power and lighting -
Henry George wrote "Progress and Poverty"
There was a large difference in how many peoples lives were lived, many people were in poverty, but it was covered up. This book revealed exactly what was happening -
Pendleton act
-
campaign for 8 hour day
American Laborers began to campaign for labor rights starting with an 8 hour work day, this led to strikes until it was implemented into the labor world -
Haymarket square riot
This was a result of police killing workers while breaking up protestors at the McCormick reaper works, workers rioted, police shot into the crowd and 4 strikers were killed -
populist party formed
New Political party, the populists is formed -
Steel Workers Strike
Workers decided to strike at one of Carnegies Steel mills in Homestead, Pennsylvania after wages were cut multiple times -
panic of 1893
This caused the worst economic depression the nation had yet seen, this caused the populist to win further credibility and gain more votes -
Strike at Pullman car factories
Workers decided to strike when pullman cut wages by a quarter, but kept rent, and utilities in his mill town the same price -
Grover Cleveland is elected to office
Grover Cleveland was election to presidency -
Election of 1896
William McKinley wins the election -
Automobile is invented
Henry Ford invents the first Automobile -
gold Standard act
Congress passed the gold standard act which said that the country used gold as currency, which ended the debate over the nations monetary policy