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Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Farmers'_Alliance_and_Industrial_Union
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:organization
gptkbp:advocatesFor
gptkb:currency
gptkb:subtreasury_plan
direct election of Senators
progressive income tax
regulation of railroads
cooperative farming
rural free delivery
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved
1896
gptkbp:founded
1889
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
major force in late 19th-century agrarian politics
precursor to the Populist Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Populist_movement
People's Party platform
gptkbp:mainActivity
political advocacy
cooperative buying and selling
education for farmers
gptkbp:membership
over 1 million (at peak)
gptkbp:mergedInto
People's Party (Populist Party)
gptkbp:notableLeader
gptkb:Marion_Butler
gptkb:Charles_W._Macune
gptkb:Leonidas_L._Polk
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Farmers'_Alliance
gptkb:Colored_Farmers'_National_Alliance_and_Cooperative_Union
gptkbp:purpose
advocacy for farmers
gptkbp:regionServed
gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:relatedOrganization
gptkb:Colored_Farmers'_National_Alliance_and_Cooperative_Union
gptkb:Southern_Farmers'_Alliance
People's Party (Populist Party)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:National_Farmers'_Alliance
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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