Granger movement
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The Granger movement was a late 19th-century U.S. farmers’ organization that fought railroad monopolies and promoted agricultural cooperatives and political reforms to protect rural interests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Granger movement canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agrarian movement
ⓘ
political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
curbing grain elevator monopolies
ⓘ
political reform ⓘ promoting agricultural cooperatives ⓘ protecting farmers ⓘ regulating railroad rates ⓘ |
| basedOn | fraternal organization model ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | late 1870s ⓘ |
| floruit | 1870s ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Farmers’ Alliance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Populist movement ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Oliver Hudson Kelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
market power of grain elevator operators
ⓘ
post–Civil War agricultural distress ⓘ railroad rate abuses ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
encouraging farmer political activism
ⓘ
expansion of cooperative enterprises ⓘ laying groundwork for later Populist movement ⓘ strengthening state regulation of railroads ⓘ |
| hasPart |
National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local Granges ⓘ state Granges ⓘ |
| influenced |
Granger Laws
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ state railroad regulation ⓘ |
| location |
Great Plains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motto | “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
discriminatory freight rates
ⓘ
grain elevator rate discrimination ⓘ railroad monopolies ⓘ |
| participant |
rural communities
ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American agrarian reform ⓘ |
| religion | nonsectarian ⓘ |
| startTime | 1867 ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
cooperative marketing
ⓘ
cooperative purchasing ⓘ litigation support ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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