> Surely this activity could have started in 1950,1920, 1890 It did start in 1890. Read about the Populist Party, Cross of Gold speech, Pullman strike, Haymar

> Surely this activity could have started in 1950,1920, 1890 It did start in 1890. Read about the Populist Party, Cross of Gold speech, Pullman strike, Haymarket affair, US occupation of the Philippines. All of this started before the 19th century. In any old industrial city, check the date when the old national guard armories were built. Why did large, fortified national guard armories start popping up all over the industrialized parts of the country just before the turn of the 20th century?