Monday October 17th

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Advanced American History


Our attention today turned away from the plight of the urban industrial worker during the Gilded Age to the rural farmer and the populist movement.  Be able to understand the following questions for upcoming quizzes and tests:

1.  What were the problems farmers were facing in the 1890's?
2.  Who were the populists and what were their demands?
3.  What was the outcome and significance of the election of 1896?


Moreover, as we have seen in current events from protests on Wall Street to political debates between modern Republicans and Democrats over tax policy, poverty, wealth distribution, etc., the legacy of the populist movement of 110 years ago can still be seen today.

image of William Jennings Bryan courtesy washington.edu

American History


Be able to answer the aforementioned questions.  Finally, we discussed the Wizard of Oz as a political allegory, written with the Populist movement in mind.