Chapter 21 Populism

Cartoon Analysis 300 word minimum300 word minimum Analyze your assigned cartoon using the website providedAnalyze your assigned cartoon using the website provided PRINT OUT CARTOON AND ATTACH TO YOUR ANALYSISPRINT OUT CARTOON AND ATTACH TO YOUR ANALYSIS What is the cartoonist trying to say, and how does this fit into the Populist Era and 1896?What is the cartoonist trying to say, and how does this fit into the Populist Era and 1896? Due January 31Due January 31

City Bosses CorruptionCorruption Party MachinesParty Machines –Sullivan: NYC –Kenna: Chicago –Tweed and NY’s Tammany Hall –Popularity?

Party Politics Swing StatesSwing States Role of NY, OH, IN, and ILRole of NY, OH, IN, and IL Lackluster leadersLackluster leaders –Hayes: tariff, gold, South? –Garfield: indecisiveness, South?, Stalwarts and Half- breeds get him nominated, assassination –Arthur: defended spoils system, but helped pass Pendleton Act –Cleveland: illegitimate child, mudslinging –Blaine: tied to Mulligan letters (favors for RR) –Harrison: reserved, protective tariffs, said he favored civil service reform…?

Agrarian Revolt: Populists The Grange, 1867The Grange, 1867 Farmers’ AlliancesFarmers’ Alliances –Mary Ellen Lease –1892, nominate James B. Weaver PopulistsPopulists –“free silver”, anti-immigration stance, in South controversy over Blacks in party –Omaha Platform, 1892: subtreasuries, direct election of senators, regulation of RR/telephone/telegraphs, graduated income tax, currency reform Role of Panic of 1893Role of Panic of 1893 –Coxey’s Army due to “Crime of ’73” Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speechBryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech

1896 Election Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, PopulistsDemocrats, Republicans, Socialists, Populists Democrats and Populists both nominated Bryan…McKinley wins as Republicans associate POPULISM with SOCIALISMDemocrats and Populists both nominated Bryan…McKinley wins as Republicans associate POPULISM with SOCIALISM McKinley “in pocket of Big Business”McKinley “in pocket of Big Business” Collapse of Populist PartyCollapse of Populist Party Significance of Election?Significance of Election?

“Cross of Gold”