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Title: CHAPTER 5


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CHAPTER 5 SECTION 3
  • FARMERS
  • THE POPULIST MOVEMENT

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  • POST-CIVIL WAR
  • DEFLATION
  • HURT FARMERS (ECONOMICALLY)
  • FARMERS WANTED
  • GREATER SUPPLY

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ANOTHER PROBLEM
  • RAILROADS
  • KEPT RAISING PRICES
  • NO COMPETITION
  • ( THIS INCREASED FARMERS DEBT )

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THE GRANGE (1867)
  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
  • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
  • POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

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THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
  • INCREASE MONEY SUPPLY
  • GRADUATED INCOME TAX
  • REGULATION OF RAILROADS
  • FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAM
  • DIRECT ELECTN OF SENATORS

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THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
  • INITIATIVE REFERENDUM
  • SINGLE TERM PRESIDENCY
  • SECRET BALLOT
  • 8 HOUR WORKDAY
  • IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS

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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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  • 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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  • HAVE YOU READ THE CHAPTER??

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