1. Goal 5: Becoming an Industrial Society (1877-1900) Populism

2. 4.03 Describe the causes and effects of the financial difficulties that plagued the American farmer and trace the rise and decline of Populism.

3. 5.04: Describe the changing role of government in economic and political affairs.

4. What were some of the major problems facing farmers during the Gilded Age ??

6. Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)

7. The US Treasury must purchase$4.5 mil. oz. of silver a month.

9. Price Indexes for Consumer & Farm Products: 1865-1913

10. Founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry (1867)

12. Set up cooperative associations.

13. Social and educational components.

14. Succeeded in lobbying for “Granger Laws.”

17. Built upon the ashes of the Grange.

18. More political and less social than the Grange.

19. Ran candidates for office.

22. Got almost 1 million popularvotes.

23. Several Congressional seatswon.James B. Weaver, Presidential Candidate &James G. Field, VP

24. Omaha Platform of 1892 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.

25. 1892 Election

26. Bi-Metallism Issue

27. The Panic of 1893

30. Written by a Farmer at the End of the 19c When the banker says he's brokeAnd the merchant’s up in smoke,They forget that it's the farmer who feeds them all.It would put them to the testIf the farmer took a rest;Then they'd know that it's the farmer feeds them all.

32. Democratic party losses in the West werecatastrophic!

34. Gold / Silver Bug Campaign Pins

35. William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) The “Great Commoner”

37. Bryan: The Farmers Friend(The Mint Ratio) 18,000 miles of campaign “whistle stops.”

38. Democratic Party Taken Over by the Agrarian Left Platform  tariff reductions; income tax; strictercontrol of the trusts (esp. RRs); free silver.

39. William McKinley (1843-1901)

40. The Seasoned Politician vs. The “Young” Newcomer

41. Into Which Box Will the Voterof ’96 Place His Ballot?

42. 1896 Election Results

44. He did not form alliances withother groups.

46. confirmed thenation’s commitment tothe gold standard.

48. 1964: Henry Littlefield’s “Thesis”?

50. Dorothy  ?

51. Toto  ?

52. Kansas  ?

53. Wicked Witch of theEast  ?

54. Tin Woodsman  ?

55. Scarecrow  ?

56. Cowardly Lion  ?

57. Yellow Brick Road  ?

58. Silver Slippers  ?

59. Emerald City  ?

60. Oz  ?

61. The Wizard  ?

62. Munchkins  ?

63. Wicked Witch of the West  ?

64. Flying Monkeys  ?

66. Why Did Populism Decline? The economy experienced rapid change. The era of small producers and farmers was fading away. Race divided the Populist Party, especially in the South. The Populists were not able to breakexisting party loyalties. Most of their agenda was co-opted bythe Democratic Party.