Politics
This party supported the Gold Standard.
What is the Republican Party?
Number of hours the Omaha Platform set for workers
What is 8 hour workdays?
The rise in the prices of goods without an increase in the value of their goods.
What is inflation?
The political party that aimed to help the common people
What is the Populists Party?
A paper money that was given to farmers by the government which was later bought back.
What is Greenback?
This person won the Election of 1896.
Who is William McKinley?
Strongest supporters of free coinage silver
Who were farmers and laborers?
15,000 businesses closed, 500 banks, silver mines closed and railroads went bankrupt.
What is Panic of 1893?
The Populist Party ended because this President was elected
What is President McKinley?
The presidential candidate who represented the farmers and the Democrats.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
This marked the end of the Populist Party.
What is the election of William McKinley?
The Omaha Platform suggested the government purchase what types of infrastructure.
What are banks, railroads, telegraph lines, telephone lines?
This crop price fell down to just $.19 per bushel in 1894
What is Corn?
Omaha platform suggests that President be limited to this many terms
What is 2 terms?
With this form of taxation everyone pays the same amount, regardless of income.
What is a Flat tax?
This goal of the Populist Party had a large impact on future elections.
What are Presidential Term Limits?
The more money you made, the more tax you had to pay
What is graduated income tax?
National currency backed by both gold and silver
What is bimetallism?
The formal statement of the goals of the Populist Party
What is Omaha Platform?
The government enacted this law to increase the amount of money in circulation by buying silver.
What is the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?
The difficulty in the Democrats defeating William McKinley and the Republican Party lay in this.
What is the big business support for McKinley?
The platform called for the elimination of this specialized detective agency formed to handle railway theft cases, protect trains and apprehend train robbers.
Who is the Pinkerton system?
Name for bankers and businessmen who wanted the gold standard and less money in circulation
What is Gold Bugs?
Name of movement for farmers to promote new agricultural methods, provide a social organization, represent their interests politically.
What is Grange Movement?
The Act was repealed in 1893 because it decreased the number of gold reserves available.
What is the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?