Chapter 14

Greenback party

Coinage Act of 1873

Farmers Alliance

Knights of Labor

Interstate Commerce Act

Jim Hogg

Texas Traffic Association

Railroad Commission

"Hogg laws"

Populists

Thomas Nugent

election of 1896

Edward House

Regulation of insurance companies

Prohibition

Essays

How did Texas change between 1800's and the early 1900's? How was this change in fact driven by the railroads? How did the railroads affect all industrial development and economic development including farming during this time period?

The Grange and Greenback parties were part of the early farmer's movement. Later the Farmer's Alliance and Populist appear. Why did Texans feel a need for these movements? How did they affect the Democratic and Republican parties? During this time what did the Democratic party stand for in Texas? How did Jim Hogg fit into all of this? What happened to Black voters during this period? Why was a political movement based on agrarian reform going to fail?