Populism in the U.S. in the late 19th Century

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"This study will examine the Populist Movement in the United States in the late 19th century. The study will include consideration of the origins and rise of the movement (also officially known as the Peoples' Party) as well as its eventual demise.


As we read in Buck, "The Peoples' or Populist party . . . seems to have been the heir (of the Independent parties of the Granger period and the Greenback party]. The origin of the Populist party is to be found in the St. Louis platform adopted by the Farmers' Alliance and the Knights of Labor in 1889" (Buck, 1933, p. 309).


Clearly, then, as a movement before the formation of the party and as an official party, the Populist movement was rooted in the desire for reform. The members of the Populist movement were driven by a sense that the two major political parties were..."

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