1. Pluralists and the Omaha Platform
During the late 1800s there was great economic growth in the United States. There was a great deal of wealth that was created during this time and the U.S. was becoming an industrial power. ... This unfair advantage and corruption in government gave birth to the Pluralist Movement. ... This created a hardship for the common American especially for farmers. ... At the start of the industrial revolution the federal government gave the railroad companies land to expand their services to places that would otherwise be unreachable. ...
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