Farmers in the Gilded Age
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| Group of agrarian organizations that worked to increase the political and econmic power of farmers; founded in 1867; also called the Patrons of Husbandry | National Grange
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| Founder of the Grange | Oliver H. Kelley
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| Group of unemployed workers who marched from Ohio to Washington to draw attention to the plight of workers and ask for government relief; the leaders were arrested | Coxey's army
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| Movement which focused on cooperation between farmers; they agreed to sell crops at the same high prices to eliminate competition and to buy supplies as a cooperative | Farmer's Alliance
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| One of the founders of and speaker for the Populist Party | Mary Ellen Lease
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| Party that united farmers and laborers; called for the free coinage of silver; government ownership of railroads | Populist
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| First Populist candidate for president in 1892 | James B. Weaver
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| Three-time candidate for president; nominated because of support from the Populist Party | William Jennings Bryan
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| Law that directed the Treasury to buy large amounts of silver at inflated prices; lead to a run on federal gold reserves and the Panic of 1893; repealed in 1893 | Sherman Silver Purchase Act
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| Rich deposits of silver found in Nevada in 1859 | Comstock Lode
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| Use of gold and silver for currency in America | Bimetalism
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| 1878 law that authorized coinage of silver numbers; first of several government subsidies to silver producers; created a partial dual coinage system; repealed in 1900 | Bland-Allison Act
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| 1900 law that stated that all paper money could be backed only by gold; eliminated silver coins | Gold Standard Act
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