AP U.S. History / Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898
6.12 Controversies over the Role of Government in the Gilded Age
Notes
Debates over laissez-faire, tariffs, currency (gold vs silver), and regulating railroads. The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) began federal railroad regulation. Farmers formed the Grange and the Populist Party (Omaha Platform, 1892).
Practice
The Interstate Commerce Act (1887):
ICC.
The Populist Party called for:
Omaha Platform.
Farmers wanted free silver because it would:
Inflation helps debtors.
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