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Railroad Companies Agricultural Depression
1,018 wordsThe late 19 th century can be described as a time of political prosperity in America. The majority of citizens were living successfully and there was peace throughout the country, but between the years of 1880 and 1900, many farmers faced problems that they saw as threats to their way of life. There was a dramatic drop in the profits that farmers accumulated from the harvesting of their crops, such as cotton, and with the improvements in transportation, foreign competition was spreading througho...
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Populist And Progressive Movements In The United States
602 wordsPopulist and Progressive Movements in the United States American Progressivism refers to a political and social movement in the beginning of the 20 th century. This movement appeared as a response to changes caused by the industrial revolution in the United States. Later, progressivism addresses such issues as social justice and environment. Progressivism was largely a bipartisan effort led by William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert La Follette and William Howard Taft ...
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Populist Party Small Farmers
757 wordsDBQ 13: The Farmers Revolt Farmers were once known for being able to do everything themselves. They grew their own food and sewed their own clothes. People often yearn for the old days and complain about so many people living in cities. Many farmers had to give up their farms and move to the cities, because of something that happened in the late nineteenth century. High prices forced farmers to concentrate on one crop. The large-scale farmers bought expensive machines, increasing their crop yiel...
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Wise Decisions Populist Party
726 wordsThe movement was brought about due to financial and natural disasters which affected the farming community. The country was dealing with bad weather in the late 19 th century. In the early 1880 s there were severe droughts, while the winter of 1886 - 1887, had a great deal of blizzards. These national disasters led to a loss of crop and profit, it soon turned into debt. Due to a great amount of debt that the farmers acquired over the years, they were forced to sell their farms to big business. T...
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Nineteenth Century Populist Party
604 wordsThe Populist Party, a third political party that originated in America in the latter part of the nineteenth century, derived as a result of farmer discontent and economic distress. This was caused by the countrys shift from an agricultural American life to one in which industrialists dominated the nations development. The public felt as if they were being cheated by these robber barons, a term given to those who took advantage of the middle and lower classes. As a result of this significant tran...
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Pay Their Debts Wall Street
588 wordsThe Populist movement represented a viable plan for the future, which although failed as a third-party movement, it made thousands aware of the needs for reform. The abuses of monopolistic capitalism were spreading across the US leaving behind a trail of poverty. The call for an unlimited coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to 1 would enable farmers to pay their debts more easily as well as put an end to deflation. Furthermore, government control over railroads would prevent farmers and ...
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