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Populism & the Election of 1896
What were some of the major problems facing farmers during the Gilded Age ??
The Silver Issue ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Populism: An Agrarian Revolt
Price Indexes for Consumer & Farm Products:  1865-1913
Founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry  (1867)
The Grange Movement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Supreme Court Decisions ,[object Object],[object Object]
The Farmers Alliances ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
United We Stand, Divided We Fall ,[object Object]
The Populist (Peoples’) Party ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Platform of Lunacy
The Populist (Peoples’) Party ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],James B. Weaver, Presidential Candidate & James G. Field, VP
Omaha Platform of 1892 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
1892 Election
Bi-Metallism Issue
The Panic of 1893
Causes of the 1893 Panic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Here Lies Prosperity
Result of Election Returns   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The 1896 Election
Gold / Silver Bug  Campaign Pins
William Jennings Bryan  (1860-1925) The “Great Commoner”
William Jennings Bryan Prairie avenger,    mountain lion, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan,    Bryan, Gigantic troubadour,    speaking like a siege    gun, Smashing Plymouth Rock    with his boulders   from the West. ,[object Object]
Bryant’s “Cross of Gold” Speech You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a   cross of gold !
Bryan: The Farmers Friend (The Mint Ratio) 18,000 miles of campaign “whistle stops.”
Democratic Party Taken Over by the Agrarian Left Platform    tariff reductions;  income tax;  stricter control of the trusts (esp. RRs); free silver.
Mark Hanna:  The “Front-Porch” Campaign
 
William McKinley  (1843-1901)
The Seasoned Politician vs. The “Young” Newcomer
Joshua A. Levering:  Prohibition Party
Into Which Box Will the Voter of ’96 Place His Ballot?
1896 Election Results
Why Did Bryan Loose? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Gold Triumphs Over Silver ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Heyday of Western Populism
Why Did Populism Decline? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Populism & the Election of 1896: Farmers, Silver, and Bryan's Defeat