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Populism does not mean popular

Populism does not mean popular. So what does it mean?. SS.7.4.4.2K. The Government wants people to settle in the west. The Homestead Act – 1862 The U.S. government offered 160 acres to anyone who would live on the land and make improvements in 5 years.

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Populism does not mean popular

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  1. Populism does not mean popular So what does it mean? SS.7.4.4.2K

  2. The Government wants people to settle in the west

  3. The Homestead Act – 1862 The U.S. government offered 160 acres to anyone who would live on the land and make improvements in 5 years.

  4. The Government also gave land to the railroads to sell. Library of Congress/American Memory

  5. SODBUSTERSSettlers who build homes of sod on the plains http://www.rootsweb.com/~necuster/photographs/well.jpg

  6. http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/exhibitions/pioneer/images/79.jpghttp://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/exhibitions/pioneer/images/79.jpg

  7. Settlers faced many hardships Prairie fires, tornadoes, grasshoppers and drought www.gutenberg.net

  8. They persevered www.txfb.org/AgClass/resource/Pics/deere.gif The invention of the steel plow Windmills to help pump water Reapers help with the harvest

  9. As farmers raise better crops the price of the crops goes down. It costs more for farmers to maintain equipment Railroads control the grain elevators and basically the farmer’s crop

  10. GRANGE – in 1867 the farmers organize themselves into a political power

  11. Cooperatives Organization of farmers to help them work together. www.iptv.org/.../images/a_000075_body.jpg

  12. Populist Party Emerged from the Farmer’s Alliances Supported FREE SILVER POLICY unlimited coining of silver – creating more money and prices go up Opposed GOLD STANDARD POLICY limited amount of gold, less money available, prices stay low.

  13. William Jennings Bryan cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=62094&rendTypeId=4 Populist party candidate from Nebraska runs for President in 1896

  14. William McKinley Wins the 1896 election and the populist party never makes a comeback Wins the 1896 election and the populist party never makes a comeback.

  15. In the 1896 election, which groups supported William Jennings Bryan, known as the Great Commoner? • Progressives and Populists • Federalists and Democrats • African Americans and Socialists • American Indians and Republicans

  16. A

  17. Why were the economic policies ofthe Populist Party more attractive to farmers than to business owners? (Kansas Journey) • The Populists’ plan to deregulate the money supply would result in high grain prices for farmers • Farmers needed lower grain prices to help sell their surplus grain. • Farmers believed that the Populists’ support of the gold standard would increase their grain prices. • The Populists’ plan to increase the money supply would result in higher grain prices for farmers

  18. D

  19. Which statement best summarizes how the Populists and Progressives are related in time? (Kansas Journey) • After Progressivism failed, the Populist Party was established • Populism dominated American politics during the last half of the nineteenth century • The Populist Party supported many of the political reforms that were later part of the Progressive platform. • Progressives and Populists formed a new political party in the idle of the nineteenth century.

  20. What did the Farmer’s Alliance do to help farmers in the late 1870s? (Kansas Journey) • It demanded low rates from railroads • It held lectures, sewing bees and other cultural events • It set up farm cooperatives • It demanded an eight-hour workday

  21. C

  22. In the 1890s, which group would have been least likely to support the Populist movement in Kansas? A) farmers B) workers C) railroad owners D) small business merchants

  23. C

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