Populism Project by 18A Woods

Typed Component

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 04:45:39 UTC

In the late 1800s when populism was blooming in America many workers such as farmers experienced difficult economic times they believed this was due to low prices they received on their produce and overproduction due to the increase in acreage on their farm land. While other types of workers were living in poverty due to the industrial growth.

Overproduced farmland

Poverty

Workers felt that the government needed to step up and help them with their lack of income due to the industrial revolution and the upcoming populist party.

Workers were in wrecks over the economy due to half of the population living in poverty and local farmers were struggling to make ends meet with overproduction.

Primary Source

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 04:48:22 UTC

Analysis: This newspaper article is about the potential collaborations between Republican and Populist parties. The author believes that the populists and Republicans will not fuse in North Carolina because it will cause conflict between the two, due to their different opinions. Dominance is a major issue that had occurred throughout the article, along with the gold standard because it cause people to stop following the state issues. The two parties also don't want to support each other , which will led to more issues and an unstable government. As a result the Republicans and Populist will not be able to unite as one body because of the controversy they will have over laws, religion, dominance, and other differing opinions.

Individual Question

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 05:03:12 UTC

How did the workers in the 19th century deal with populism and its effects?

In the United States after the Civil War, farmers protested against the impact of industrialization, particularly in regard to railroad rates for their crops, the cost of new machinery, and bank lending policies. These complaints coalesced into a mass movement led by the Farmers’ Alliance. Populists formed their own political party in 1892 and approved a platform that expanded on these initial protests. The party later merged with the Democrats and the movement declined in part as a result of the defeat of William Jennings Bryan by WilliamMcKinley in the 1896 presidential election. Populist movements in somewhat different forms, however, continue to reemerge as a factor in American politics. While populism is possibly the only example of an indigenous radical mass movement in the United States, it is a subject of controversy among democratic theorists.

Video/Audio Clip

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 05:08:14 UTC

http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-grange-and-the-populist-party-platform-goals-history-definitions.html

Picture & Explanation

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 05:16:56 UTC

In the late 1800s prices of crops were falling and farmers often mortgaged their farms so that they could buy more land and produce more crops. The railroads were taking advantage of the farmers and charged excessive prices for shipping and storage. They made secret agreements with grain brokers and merchants that made it possible for them to control grain storage prices and to influence the market price of crops.

Work Cited

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 06:20:46 UTC

"An 1898 Newspaper Article from Raleigh, NC about the Potential Collaborations between

Republican and Populist Parties." Digital Public Library of America. N.p., n.d. Web.

<https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sources/464>

By Kenneth G. McCartyIn the Late 1800s, the United States Experienced a Tremendous Growth

in Industrialization. Led by Oil, Steel, and Other Manufacturing Industries, the United

States Had Become the World’s Leading Producer of M. "Farmers, the Populist Party, and Mississippi (1870-1900)." Mississippi History Now. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
<http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/163/farmers-the-populist-party-and-mississippi-1870-1900>

"The Grange and the Populist Party Platform: Goals, History & Definitions." N.p., n.d. Web. 17

Oct. 2016.

<http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-grange-and-the-populist-party-platform-goals-history-definitions.html>

Reflection

18awoods81859 — 2016-10-17 06:31:19 UTC

-Populism was an effective response to the issues of the age by allowing the population to overthrow any group or person mistreating their power.

-The issues for workers included prices of crops were decreasing and farmers often mortgaged their farms, the railroads charged excessive prices for shipping and storage, and there was no rain which led to a major drought, ruining crops and land.

-The limitations include declinement of food products due to the drought, so they had to limit their resources in order to keep their land the best suitable for farming. Certain political figures have to limit themselves because they only have a certain amount of power, and if not conflict will be made.

-Farmers protested against the impact of industrialization, particularly in regard to railroad rates for their crops, the cost of new machinery, and bank lending policies. These complaints turned into a mass movement led by the Farmers’ Alliance. The Farmers’ Alliance was a complex collection of state and local organizations, including two broad groups in the Midwest and the South. Since the Southern Alliance did not admit African Americans, these farmers formed their own organization (Colored Farmers’ Alliance). These groups used a variety of inventive measures to increase the price of crops.