populism a farmer’s movement. the farmer’s plight 1/3 of americans were ag workers ↑ costs,...
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PopulismA Farmer’s Movement
The Farmer’s Plight 1/3 of Americans were ag workers ↑ costs, ↓ prices, parasites, ↑ interest
rates South – 1/3 tenant farmers Farmers angry with railroad companies,
bankers, industrial monopolists, gold standard
↑ productivity also forced down prices, globalization
Protests Granger Movement – 1867 – farmers
developed a cooperative type movement
1870’s – Greenback Party – wanted the end of a gold/silver standard
1875 – Farmer’s Alliance (similar to a union) 1892 – Formed the Populist Party
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) Nicknamed the “Great Commoner”
Supported women’s rights Farmers and workers
Considered a populist Democrat “progressive in politics, conservative in
religion”