Meeting in Omaha in 1892, they agreed on six demands: A permanent union of all working classes; wealth for the workers; government ownership of railroads; government ownership of all communications systems; more flexible and fair distribution of the national currency; and no more ownership of land by those who do not …

In the 1892 presidential election, the Populist ticket of James B. Weaver and James G. Field won 8.5% of the popular vote and carried four Western states, becoming the first third party since the end of the American Civil War to win electoral votes.

In a rematch of the closely contested 1888 presidential election, former Democratic President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Republican President Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland’s victory made him the first and to date only person in American history to be elected to a non-consecutive second presidential term.

The Omaha Platform suggested a federal loans system so that farmers could get the money they needed. The platform also called for the elimination of private banks. The platform proposed a system of federal storage facilities for the farmers’ crops.

Southern Democrats, for their part, responded to the Populist challenge with electoral fraud and racial demagoguery. The Colored Farmers Alliance, which had formed as a segregated sister organization to the Southern Alliance, and had as many as 250,000 members at its peak, fell prey to racial and class-based hostility.

What effect did mechanized farming have on the environment? A. It contributed to a depletion of water sources.

Populism is an approach to politics which views “the people” as being opposed to “the elite” and is often used as a synonym of antiestablishmentarianism; as an ideology it transcends the typical divisions of left and right and has become more prevalent in the USA with the rise of disenfranchisement and apathy to the …

Populism is a name for a kind of political movement. Populists usually try to make a difference between common people and “elites” (meaning usually, top classes of people) . They want to help the common people get some of the rights and privileges of the elites.

Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism, is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. The rhetoric often consists of anti-elitist and anti-intellectual sentiments, opposition to the Establishment, and speaking to the “common people”.

Populism. The movement to increase farmers’ political power and to work for legislation in their interest.

The Populist party. What were the goals of the People’s party? Free coinage of silver, end to protective tariffs, end to national banks, tighter regulation of the railroads, and direct election of Senators by voters.

• Unlimited coinage of silver 16:1.
• Graduated income tax.
• Government ownership of all railroads.
• Direct election of senators.
• Lower tariff rates – farmers like lower tariffs for the balance of trade.
• Secret ballot.
• Improvement of workers’ conditions including an 8 hour day –

The Progressive movement was a turn-of-the-century political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations.