WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Help women gain the right to vote and undo federal regulations on farmers.
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Obtain federal loans for farmers and a graduated income tax system.
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Desegregate the Farmers Alliance and other representative groups.
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Establish colleges to teach farmers better skills and technology.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Populists were an agrarian-based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country’s farmers and agrarian workers. The Populist movement was preceded by the Farmer’s Alliance and the Grange.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ideologically, the Populist Party originated in the debate over monetary policy in the aftermath of the American Civil War. In order to fund that war, the U.S. government had left the gold standard by issuing fiat paper currency known as Greenbacks.
Detailed explanation-3: -Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of “the people” and often juxtapose this group against “the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment.
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.