THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
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After Progressivism failed, the Populist Party was established.
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Populism dominated American politics during the last half of the 19th century.
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The Populist Party supported many of the political reforms that were later part of the Progressive platform.
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Progressives and Populists formed a new political party in the middle of the 19th century.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other Populist-endorsed measures included bimetallism, a graduated income tax, direct election of Senators, a shorter workweek, and the establishment of a postal savings system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Populists were an agrarian-based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country’s farmers and agrarian workers.
Detailed explanation-3: -To revitalize democracy, progressives established direct primary elections, direct election of senators (rather than by state legislatures), initiative and referendum, and women’s suffrage which was promoted to advance democracy and bring a “purer” female vote into the arena.
Detailed explanation-4: -Efforts by farmers to bring economic and political change within the Bourbon-controlled Democratic Party seemed hopeless. This led Mississippi farmers to turn to and support the newly created Populist Party.