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Populism Rewind

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Raise Less Corn and More Hell - The Rise of Populism [1892 to 1900]

A revolt against the special privileges of industrialization and the American banking system spread quickly throughout the Midwest and South and reached its zenith with the founding of the People's party in the early 1892.

Grange – Farmer’s Alliance – Populist Party (Third Party Movement)

Munn v. Illinois |1877

Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific RR Co. v. IL |1886

Omaha Platform of 1892| American Farmers want a piece of the P.I.E

P... Public ownership of railroads and utilities;

I..... Income tax;

E.... Expanded money supply

Realigning America: McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896

The presidential election of 1896 brought about fundamental realignments in American politics as voting patterns and a shift in national policies reflected new realities of a changing America.

The Panic of 1893

Coxey's Army (Inspiration for Wizard of Oz)

The Bi-Metalism debate (Free coinage of Silver)

William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold"|Third Party Movement

The election of 1896