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Learn about the causes behind the rise in popularity of the Populist Party in late 1800s U.S. and their proposed economic and political reforms. Explore the influence of the Populist Party on future laws and elections.
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December 10, 2018 U.S. History Agenda: DO NOW: DBQ NOTES #28: What caused the rise in popularity of the Populist Party? WESTERN FRONTIER TEST TOMORROW
What caused the rise in popularity of thePopulist Party? Notes #28
During the late 1800s, an overproduction of farm crops in the U.S. was causing their prices to fall.
To help solve this problem, farmers wanted the U.S. government to increase the money supply.
Farmers supported free and unlimited coinage of silver(called free silver) because they believed it would result in higher prices for farm crops.
The Populist Party was a political party in the U.S. that proposed reforms for farmers (such as free silver), which caused its rise in popularity by the 1890s. Populist Party Convention (1890)
The Populist Party also proposed other economic and political reforms, such as the graduated income tax or thedirect election of senators.
Despite never winning a presidential election, the Populist Party was important for proposing ideas that later became laws in the U.S. William Jennings Bryan (Populist) Election of 1896 William McKinley
