Now it's your turn to be a juror. It's your job to decide whether Captain Preston and the soldiers are guilty or not guilty. Share your opinion on each of these four issues. Did the soldiers fire into the crowd because they wanted to harm citizens? Did Captain Preston give the order to fire? Did John Adams make a strong case? Did the majority of the fault lie with the British soldiers?

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.

on august 14, 1935, the social security act established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped.