Populismandthe Electionof1896
Post – War Years Northern business booms Northern business booms Transcontinental railroad in 69 Transcontinental railroad in 69 Irish/German/British/Scandinavian.
The Silver Issue Crime of 73 demonetization of silver (govt. stopped coining silver). Bland-Allison Act (1878) limited silver coinage to $2-$4 mil.
Isnt she great? Rhetorical question A question that is asked not to elicit a response but to call attention to or assert something.
I) Growth of Industries A) railroads Americas 1 st big business Promontory Point, Utah 1) Transcontinental Railroad (1869)
Chapter 20 Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age 1877-1900.
Populism and the Election of 1896
Unit: American Minor Parties Continued. Ideological Single-Issue Economic Protest Splinter Green**
Populism. Declining Profits Thanks to new technologies, farmers had opened up the Great Plains and were producing a much greater supply of grains Thanks.
Chapter 20. Four presidents “squeezed” into office Control of the House of Representatives changed five times 7 western states admitted to Union.
Enter the Populists 1892- 1896 Why do you think the artist used the term “Platform of Lunacy” when describing the Populist “ship”?
Political Parties Evolution of the Two Party System MT. 4 – Learning Target 1 1.What are political parties and what are they for? 2.Where did parties come.