1. Rise of the Populist Party

2. Farmers’ Problems 1888 snapshot of Nebraska family farm life
Image from the Library of Congress: Solomon Butcher (Photographer). (1888). [Northwest Custer Country, Nebraska], Retrieved July 25, 2018, from:
Image from the Library of Congress: Solomon Butcher (Photographer). (1889). [Three men and young boy at B & M railroad coal chute at Anselmo, Custer Country, Nebraska], Retrieved July 25, 2018, from:
1888 snapshot of Nebraska family farm life
Railroad workers at a coal chute in the 1880s

3. Farmers’ Organizations
Image from the Library of Congress: American Oleograph Co. (Lithographer). (1875). [I feed you all!], Retrieved July 28, 2018, from:
A Granger-inspired lithograph championing the value of farmers in society

4. 1890 Populist Party convention in Nebraska
Image from the Library of Congress: Solomon Butcher (Photographer). (1890). [The Independent People’s Party (Populist) Convention at Columbus, Nebraska, where Omer Kem was nominated for Congress], Retrieved July 28, 2018, from:
1890 Populist Party convention in Nebraska

5. 1892 Presidential Election
Image Credit: [Results of the 1892 election]. Retrieved July 11, 2018, from:

6. Republican candidate William McKinley (who won the election)
Image from the Library of Congress: Geo. H. Van Norman (Copyright). (1896). [William Jennings Bryan, Democratic Party presidential candidate, three-quarter length view standing on stage next to American flag], Retrieved July 28, 2018, from:
Image from the Library of Congress: Frances Johnston (Photographer). (1897). [William McKinley], Retrieved July 2, 2018, from:
Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan (who the Populists supported)
Republican candidate William McKinley (who won the election)

7. 1896 Presidential Election
Image Credit: [1896 Electoral Map]. Retrieved July 11, 2018, from:

8. Central Historical Question
How did Populist leaders appeal to the people?