https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh By: Geisi G, Monica B, Sydney T, Miriam V en-us 2016-10-12 18:59:53 UTC 2026-03-16 23:08:42 UTC hello@padlet.com miriamvasquez https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131585179 Women's role during this time was to served as Union army nurses also they has worked besides men in the fields, plowing the land and planting, harvesting etc. The issues they faced was able to get rights, they were constantly seems as weak individuals who had no value what's so ever. Women back in the 19th century felt the need to change that which is why they had created the “women's rights movement”.]]> 2016-10-18 18:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131585179 miriamvasquez https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131585881  businessman back in the 19th century such as Robber Barons who had started the oil company was affected by populism because it had made dramatic changes such as working within companies that treated workers with their given rights. Before the 19 century hit buisness man would use slaves to do their work and the owners would get wealthier but with populism and the end of slavery, rights movement etc it had changed the role of them beneficially]]> 2016-10-18 18:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131585881 miriamvasquez https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131586993 Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Print.

"The Populist Movement and the Struggle for Reform in America." The Populist Movement and
        the Struggle for Reform in America. Colorado Edu., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2016. 


]]> 2016-10-18 18:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131586993 miriamvasquez https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131587893 Some challenges the immigrants faced during the 19th century, the Federal government is that it allowed large numbers of immigrants to migrate to the United States which kept workers wages low and prevented the growth of Unions in the US. The Populists promised to support the right to form Unions, to outlaw the use of private security organizations to intimidate Union organizers and strikers, to mandate an eight hour day for American workers, and to restrict immigration to protect the standard of living of American workers.

]]> 2016-10-18 18:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131587893 18ggomez04016 https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131677775 Workers, farmers especially had debts and loans. They also faced a drought during the year of  1887-1894. Farmers families suffered  hunger and unemployment.Americans needed help but government did not help. A fifth of the workforce was unemployed. Falling commodity (crops and foods sells) prices. Era of farmers was fading away. ]]> 2016-10-19 02:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/18ggomez04016/67uhqnxzlcvh/wish/131677775