unit 1 powerpoint #9 (the gilded age populism)
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SE: US 3A
By Brad Harris,
Grand Prairie, TX
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Farmers Struggle
During the 1880s,
new inventions
greatly increased
farm production
But greater
production led to
lower prices for
farm goods
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They believed the only
way to convince the
government to help
them was to organize.
A economic
depression hit the
nation and many farmers went bankrupt.
Farmers Struggle
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The GrangeThe first national farm
organization was the
Patrons of Husbandry, also
known as The Grange
Many farmers joined the
Grange to get help during
the difficult economic times The Grangers pressured
railroads to reduce their rates
to haul their goods to market.
Grangers created cooperatives,
which were marketing
organizations that worked for
the benefit of their members
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Farmers’ Alliance
By the late 1880s, a new organization known as the
Farmers Alliance began to form
Farmers Alliances were created throughout the south
and west but alliance failed help the farmers enough
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PopulismThe struggle of the farmers led to a rise of a belief
known as Populism
Populism was the movement to increase farmers’
political power to work to pass laws in their interest
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Populist Demands
1) unlimited coinage of silver
2) federal ownership of railroads
3) a graduated income tax
4) direct election of U.S. Senators
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The_Birth_of_the_Populist_Party
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America’s
currency should be
based on Gold
Coining unlimited
silver would solve
the nations
economic crisis
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When farmers found that the Democratic Party would
not meet their demands, many broke away and created
the People’s Party, also known as the Populists
Election of 1896
William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
In the Election of 1896, a
major issue was improving
the U.S. economy
Democrats nominated
William Jennings Bryan,
a supporter of unlimited
silver, drawing most
Populists back to the
Democratic Party
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Bryan: The Farmers Friend
18,000 miles of campaign “whistle stops.”
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Was backed by people in the South and West,
especially farmers
Silverite, was opposed to the “gold standard”
“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
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“Cross of Gold” Speech
William Jennings Bryan’s speech denouncing the
gold standard and calling for the U.S. to use silver,
which would lower the value of the dollar, thus
leading to an increase in the value of goods
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William Jennings Bryan
The Democratic Party became split because of
Bryan’s support for many Populist beliefs
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William McKinley
Governor of Ohio who was supported by the industrial
part of the nation (Northeast and Midwest)
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McKinley supported the gold standard which would
strengthen the value of the dollar and big business
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Election of 1896
Because many “Gold Democrats” would not vote for
Bryan, McKinley won the election. The Populists lost
most of its following and Populism died out.
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The_Populists
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Gold Triumphs Over Silver1900 Gold
Standard Act
confirmed the nation’s
commitment to
the gold standard.
A victory for the
forces of
conservatism.
Republicans would
dominate politics the
next decade
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The depression ends during the
McKinley administration
Objections to the gold standard
lessen
The Gold Standard is adopted
when Congress passed the Gold
Standard Act in 1900
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Wizard of Oz connection
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“Parable of the Populists”?
Tornado ?
Dorothy ?
Kansas ?
Wicked Witch of theEast ?
Tin Woodsman ?
Scarecrow ?
Cowardly Lion ?
Yellow Brick Road ?
Silver Slippers ?
Emerald City ?
Oz ?
The Wizard ?
Munchkins ?
Wicked Witch of the West ?
Flying Monkeys ?
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The United States stays on the Gold Standard until the 1970s
Third Parties can cause major parties to change agendas
Depressions cause panic in the moment but are soon forgotten once prosperity begins
Many of the beliefs of the Populists were the root of Progressives
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The Fight
for Civil
Rights
during the
Gilded Age By Brad Harris,
Grand Prairie HS SE: US 3C