what were some farmer problems??? single cash crops & high prices insects, droughts, floods, and...
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What were some farmer problems???• Single Cash Crops & high prices• Insects, droughts, floods, and soil erosion• High local and state taxes• Unskilled in business qualities/management• Competed in a world market = deflation is enemy
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Founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry (1867) Oliver
Kelley
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The Grange Movement First organized in the 1870s in the
Midwest, the south, and Texas.
Set up cooperative associations.
Social and educational components.
Succeeded in lobbying for “Granger Laws.”
Rapidly declined by the late 1880s.
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The Farmers Alliances Begun in the late 1870s (Texas first
the Southern Alliance; then in the Midwest the Northern Alliance).
Built upon the ashes of the Grange.
More political and less social than the Grange. Did not include blacks, sharecroppers, or tenant farmers.
Ran candidates for office.
Controlled 8 state legislatures & had 47representatives in Congress during the 1890s.
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United We
Stand, Divided We Fall
In 1889 both the Northern andSouthern Alliancesmerged into one—the Farmers’ Alliance.
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The Populist (Peoples’) Party
1890 Bi-Election:
So. Alliance wanted to gain control of the Democratic Party.
No. Alliance ran 3rd Party candidates.
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The Populist (Peoples’) Party
Founded by James B. Weaverand Tom Watson.
Omaha, NE Convention in July,1892.
Got almost 1 million popularvotes.
Several Congressional seatswon.
James B. Weaver, Presidential Candidate
&James G. Field, VP
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Omaha Platform of 1892System of “sub-
treasuries.”
Abolition of the National Bank.
Direct election of Senators.
Govt. ownership of RRs, telephone & telegraph companies.
Government-operated postal savings banks.
Restriction of undesirable immigration.
8-hour work day for government employees.
Abolition of the Pinkerton detective agency.
Australian secret ballot.
Re-monitization of silver.
A single term for President & Vice President.
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Mary E. Lease
“Patrick Henry in Petticoats” & “Kansas Pythoness”
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1892 Election
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Bi-Metallism Issue
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Causes of the 1893 Panic Begun 10 days after Cleveland took
office.
1. Several major corps. went bankrupt.
Over 16,000 businesses disappeared.
Triggered a stock market crash.
Over-extended investments.
2. Bank failures followed causing a contractionof credit [nearly 500 banks closed].
3. By 1895, unemployment reached 3 million.
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Here Lies Prosperity
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Coxey’s Army, 1894
Jacob Coxey & his “Army of the Commonweal of Christ.”
March on Washington “hayseed socialists!”
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Result of Election Returns Populist vote
increased by40% in the bi-election year,1894.
Democratic party losses in
the West werecatastrophic!
But, Republicanswon control of
the House.
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Heyday of Western Populism
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Gold / Silver Bug Campaign Pins
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
The “Great Commoner”
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William Jennings BryanPrairie avenger, mountain lion,Bryan, Bryan, Bryan,
Bryan,Gigantic troubadour,
speaking like a siege gun,Smashing Plymouth Rock with his boulders from the West.
Revivalist style of oratory.
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Bryan’s“Cross of Gold” Speech
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!
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Bryan: The Farmers Friend
(The Mint Ratio)
18,000 miles of campaign “whistle stops.”
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Democratic Party Taken
Over by the
Agrarian Left
Platform tariff reductions; income tax; strictercontrol of the trusts (esp. RRs); free silver.
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William McKinley (1843-1901)
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“A Giant Straddle”: Suggestion for a McKinley
Political Poster
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The Seasone
d Politician
vs.
The “Young” Newcom
er
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1896 Election Results
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Why Did Bryan Loose?
His focus on silver underminedefforts to build bridges to urbanvoters.
He did not form alliances withother groups.
McKinley’s campaign was well-organized and highly funded.
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Destruction of the Buffalo Herds
The near extinction of the buffalo.
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Yellowstone National Park
First national park established
in 1872.
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National Parks
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Conservation Movement
John Muir
With President Theodore Roosevelt
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Sierra Club
Founded in 1892