Lesson 32 - 1892 Rural Farmers

Matt Mancini

Lesson 32

1892

Rural Farmers

West

-Free coinage of silver and issuance of large amounts of paper currency to help debt ridden farmers

-Abolition of the national banking system

Nationalization of railroads

-Graduated income tax

-Direct election of senators

-referendums, initiatives, and recalls

-Government ownership of the telephone and telegraph

-New federal subtreasury for farmers

5. Populists blamed the banks and didn’t like machinery or supply corporations

6. a.43%

b.46%

c. 8%

7. 8% is a lot of votes for a minority party so the democrats expanded their platform to get these new votes

8. It was a strength because he supported populist ideas but it was a weakness because the populists lost some votes since Bryan was a Democrat

9. They supported women’s suffrage, against lynching, for tough immigration, and vetrans

10.

a. Democrats suffered because Cleveland was in power and was a democrat

b. Republicans had a huge advantage

c. The workers were persuaded not to vote for Bryan

Part B

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