Lecture 3: The Farmer, the Worker, and the Businessman
Populismandthe Electionof1896
The Silver Issue Crime of 73 demonetization of silver (govt. stopped coining silver). Bland-Allison Act (1878) limited silver coinage to $2-$4 mil.
Why did Guiteau decide to remove the president? Guiteau believed the president should have given him a job because he had worked to help elect Garfield.
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Hist1302 Week 03
A People and a Nation Chapter 20 Guilded Age Politics 1877-1900
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Populism and the Election of 1896
The Gilded Age-Farmer’s Revolt Economic Conditions Problems with the currency Granger Movement Farmer’s Alliances The Omaha Platform of 1892 The Election.
The Farmer’s Revolt. Farmers Organize Agriculture’s Decline 1860: 50% of wealth and 30% of national income 1910: 20% of wealth and 18% of income Agriculture’s.
Politics of the Gilded Age Mr. Owens. Essential Questions How did big business influence government economic policies including tariffs, currency, corporate.
