1. FARMERS & THE POPULIST MOVEMENT
CHAPTER 5 – SECTION 3
FARMERS
& THE POPULIST MOVEMENT
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2. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
POST-CIVIL WAR
DEFLATION
HURT FARMERS (ECONOMICALLY)
FARMERS WANTED
GREATER $ SUPPLY
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3. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
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4. ( THIS INCREASED FARMERS DEBT )
ANOTHER PROBLEM…
RAILROADS
KEPT RAISING PRICES
NO COMPETITION
( THIS INCREASED FARMERS DEBT )
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5. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
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6. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
THE GRANGE (1867)
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
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7. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
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8. THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
INCREASE MONEY SUPPLY
GRADUATED INCOME TAX
REGULATION OF RAILROADS
FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAM
DIRECT ELECT’N OF SENATORS
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9. THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM
SINGLE TERM PRESIDENCY
SECRET BALLOT
8 HOUR WORKDAY
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS
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10. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
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11. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
THE POPULIST PARTY
WAS SUCCESSFUL
IT ELECTED . . .
5 SENATORS
10 REPRESENTATIVES
3 GOVERNORS
1,500 STATE LEGISLATORS
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THE PANIC OF 1893
ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
BUSINESSES GO BANKRUPT
HAS A “SNOWBALL” EFFECT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
20-25% IN SOME PLACES
STOCK MARKET CRASH
STOCKS LOST THEIR VALUE
LASTED UNTIL 1897
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THE END OF POPULISM
1896 & 1900 ELECTION
BAD ECONOMY IS MAJOR ISSUE
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
DEM & POP CANDIDATE
BIMETALISM
LOSES BADLY TO MCKINLEY
POPULISTS ABSORBED BY DEMOCRATS
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15. MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY 5-3
WILLIAM
JENNINGS
BRYAN
POPULIST PARTY
“CROSS OF
GOLD” SPEECH
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ELECTION OF 1896
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ELECTION OF 1900
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GET READY
FOR YOUR
FIRST
CHAPTER QUIZ
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19. HAVE YOU READ THE CHAPTER??
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