Jacob Coxey was born April 16th, 1854 in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. During his childhood years, like every other kid during this time attended school. Then, at the age of fifteen he began to work as a mill worker. At the age of about twenty-four, Coxey moved to Massillon, Ohio, where he became a successful businessman in an iron factory company. Beginning as a Democrat, he espoused the Greenback Cause of the late 19th Century, so he confirmed a populist. From the Populists, Coxey doubted the dominant parties and believed a reformed government would be better. With this government it would have the proper policies, and cure the nation's problems. Also, when he was younger he felt upset for the poor peoples distress. In his later years, he would be a political activist based on national demonstration during local protests.
             Around 1880, is when the depression hit the southern region of the United States, basically in agricultural areas, and the Great Plains. Then by 1893, the depression hit Wall Street areas in the north. During the panic of 1893, many events took a turn for the worst. During this time, the American people felt strain and devastation. A quarter of the nation's railroads went bankrupt. In May, the stock market took a dramatic fall. By July, the banks had no cash. Plus, by September, more than 400 banks closed. The unemployment rate hit from twenty to twenty-five percent. Poor families starved for a long time. Tramps went across countryside to countryside in hopes to find someone. The unemployed appeared on the middle-class doorsteps and begged for work or food; consequently, suicide occurred daily. The American people suffered day in and day out. The working people struggled against their employers through strikes. In 1891, Coxey established the "Good Roads Bill". The goal was for congress to end permanent suffering of unemployed workers by building modern roads throughout the United States. This is...