Summary: The Texas Left

Towns people would have money, bathrooms, and a better life while farmers on the outside had to rely on their own sources to live off of. Farmers failed to follow a new technique of farming which would help prevent wind erosion during the drought. Dryland farming would benefit farmers by using drought resistant crops and conserving moisture. Wheat, corn, and even watermelon were crops that would be grown. The method of dry farming would’ve benefitted the farmers in need of crops but the failure to acknowledge the technique had devastated farmers from all around in arid lands.

Their formation was due to the unfair treatment of the farmers by those who had massive power such as monopolies, and being overlooked by both the Republican and Democrat parties. Their main goals were to limit the power of monopolies, and increase the power of the working class. The populist

However, due to the excessive interest rates proposed by banks and merchants, this resulted in several farmers lacking the sufficient amount of money in order to pay their bank the loans they borrowed. Additionally, railroad companies demanded high freight rates from farmers who wished to ship their products and the government raised policies which declined the amount of money supplied to the agricultural industry. Therefore, as a solution to their extensive misfortune, several farmers in the South created the Farmers Alliance, in the late 1870’s, this was the main precedent for the People 's Party. The Farmers Alliance main purpose was to relieve the excessive tax regulations and policies, created by major business monopolies, that installed pressure and the agricultural industry. However, the farmers could not afford such plan.

The Aid to Unemployed were different programs that put people to work to reform many unemployed citizens. Some programs included the Civilian Conservation Core (CCC), The National Youth Administration (NYA), Public Works Administration (PWA), and the Civil Works Administration (CWA). The Aid to Farmers included relief, recovery, and reform in with the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). Lastly, Aid to Workers gave the right to everyone being able to join a union and included the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and the National Recovery Administration (NRA). Although, Hoover was not trusted by the nation, Roosevelt was greatly trusted with majority of Americans and changed the view on the American government by the

Dropping farm prices and the need to purchase new expensive machinery encouraged many farmers of the 1930’s to borrow money. Therefore, when the stock market crashed in 1929 many farmers who had borrowed money were broke. The remaining farmers had trying times ahead of them. While they were innovations of the time, most farmers only possessed a basic tractor and a plow. Farm labor was long and difficult

In addition to their debts, they were also taxed heavily. The Massachusetts government added to the farms troubles by not passing laws that favored farmers that owed debts. Mamy farmers got there land seized or were put in prison

1) The Panic of 1873 was caused due to inflation from the Civil War, over investing, government subsidies and property loss. Many companies produced too much product and then couldn’t sell them. In 1893, the priced of wheat rapidly declined and once again, there overproduction and Europe pulled out much of its investments. Also, many countries had started using the gold standard and the united states was split by the farmers supporting silver and wealthy supporting gold. Both panics showed the dangers of gaps between social classes.

Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, accurately argues that economically strained families have impaired social ability, and begin to lose morals. Families that have a poor grasp on economic stability, have a loose connection with society. The Cunninghams of Maycomb, are farmers that were hit hard by both the dust bowl, and the stock market crash. Mr. Cunningham has

The rapid expansion of the railroad in the Midwest, during the late 1800s, was plagued with corruption and greed leaving the American farmers at the mercy of the railroad industry. In the years following the Civil War, the nation saw a boom in the agricultural and the railroad industries. American farmers were trying to prosper in the Midwest and the railroad industry was in steady progress to conquer the nation by rail service. The nonexistence of regulation and oversight over the railroad companies opened the door for businessmen and politicians to make a great deal of money. The American farmers saw major rate fluctuations in shipping cost for their products when moving it by rail service to the markets.

All of these factors caused the rich to get richer, and the poor to get poorer. The poor members of society were then forced to move from village to village to find employment and make a living, and these people became known as the “Strolling Poor.” Citizens, such as Robert Cushman, began to take notice of the poverty around them, and they were genuinely afraid of what the future of Old England would contain. Cushman witnesses how difficult it is for a man to find work and purchase his own land. He even states, “There is such pressing and oppressing in town and country, about farms, trade, traffick, &c. so as a man can hardly any where set up a trade but he shall pull down two of his neighbours.” All of these issues pushed citizens of Old England away; however,

Christopher Olsen and John Majewski contend that the Southern economy was largely centred on slave labour whereas the North was strongly aligned to the principles of a competitive labour market. According to Ronald Seavoy, this effect was reinforced as the South maintained its highly agrarian based economy. Joshua Leavitt wrote prolifically during the 19th century about the economic ills of slavery, which has been referenced by some contemporary scholars as evidence that economics was a significant ‘wedge issue’ between the North and South. Finally, James McPherson suggests that one of the reasons why pro-slavery ideology was popular amongst Southerners is because it was common for lower class white individuals to have aspirations of becoming wealthy through owning

O’Sullivan was an American columnist whom was known for his use of the term, “manifest destiny,” which promoted the annexation of Texas to the United States. He argues that the adverse attitude toward Texas’ independence from Mexico needs to end. In this article, O’Sullivan also expands on the importance of the growth of the country throughout the continent. It further acknowledges the freedom of Texas as not a rebellion, but by abandonment from Mexico. John O’Sullivan sees the future of America expanding into California and Mexico becoming a country without a real government.

According to Diamond, archaeological evidence suggests that our transformation from hunter-gatherers to farmers was a disaster whose impact can still be seen today. The transformation brought along unpleasant changes, such as social and sexual inequality, disease, and tyranny. Most people would not believe in this negative view of our transformation from hunter-gatherers to farmers because we are better off than the people of the Middle Ages and cavemen in terms of the availability of food, advanced technology, and longevity. From the progressivist view, hunter-gatherers adopted agriculture because it was a productive way for them to produce more food for less work. The progressivist also believe that agriculture gave us more free time since we don’t have to constantly move around looking for food.

The Populist Party otherwise called the People’s Party was founded before the Civil War, the party consists of farmers, laborers, and socialists, where most of the populist came from the South and the West. The party adopted a system to change the debt-stricken way how the farmers, support the laborers and the shortening of workdays for the industrial workers and a few types of reforms, for example the right to referendums, recall and female suffrage, which many farmers and workers believed that the Populist Party was a voice for their anger and a gross for inequality and injustice in the American society. In the meantime, Labor 's efforts to organize and collectively bargain with the trusts were systematically suppressed. All these things