The Rise and Fall of the Populist Party

1867-1896

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Warm Up: Labor, Populism, Segregation

• What is the expectation for the first 5 minutes of class?

• What is the expectation during class discussion?

• What is the expectation of you during all class activities?

Take out your notes from homework and be ready for a quick open note quiz

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Farmers’ Problems

• Crop prices fell• Farmers had no cash, went further into debt, and their lenders foreclosed on their mortgages• The railroad companies charged outrageous prices to ship crops (no regulation!)

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Farmers’ Demands

• Regulate the railroad companies (Stop them from charging such high rates)

• Make cash more available (back the dollar with silver, not gold, so dollar would be worth less)

• Constitutional demands: single term for President and Vice-President, secret ballot, popular election of Senators

• To get industrial workers to support them: 8-hour workday, restrict immigration

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Different Groups Representing Farmers’ Interests• 1867: The Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange)• 1880s: Farmers’ Alliance and Colored Farmers’ National Alliance• 1892: Birth of the Populist, or People’s Party

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1892 Presidential Election: Populist candidate won over a

million votes!

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1896 ElectionDemocrats – 1890s Republicans –

1890s• Southerners• Wealthy farmers• Supported low tariffs (wanted other countries to buy their crops)

• Northerners• Wealthy business men (connected to the railroad)

• Southern African Americans (poor farmers)

• Supported high tariffs (didn’t want to compete with other countries’ products)

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1896 Election

Populists decide to improve their chances by supporting the Democratic

candidate, William Jennings Bryan, who agreed to support the silver-

backed dollar.

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1896 Presidential Election: Bryan loses but carries most of

the South and West

Central Historical Question

Why did the Populist Party attract millions of supporters?

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Warm Up

Based on what you learned last class, write a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining Why the Populist Party attracted millions of supporters?

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Agenda

• Warm Up• Vocabulary Bingo7/10 average, • Populism in the South: Document Study• Jim Crow is back again, with the supreme court!

• HW: Read P 250-251 in the textAnswer the DBQ questions p 251 1 paragraph for each question, refer back to evidence from the text

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Bingo Words

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The N.C. Election of 1898

Why did the Democrats Defeat the “fusion ticket” in 1898?

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The N.C. Election of 1898

Fusion Ticket: combination of black southern farmers & Republicans in the south running together

Why would they run together?

How is this different that what we know about the Populists in the election of 1896?

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Close Read 3 Column Chart

• Source• Context• Reading Notes/Conclusions

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Political Cartoon

AnalogySymbolism ExaggerationIronyLabeling

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Groups

• Rd 1: You will work together with people who have your document– Analyze your document through note taking and discussion

#1,2= Doc A, 3,4= Doc B 5,6= Doc C

• Rd 2: You will work in groups of 3 with people who have different documents to answer the key question– Why did the “Fusion Ticket” loose the election of 1898?

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Why did the “Fusion Ticket” loose the election of 1898?1 Person is the scribeYou may bullet point or write a Paragraph-What strategies did the democrats use?-why do you think they were effective?

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Legalizing Segregation

• Take out your Jim Crow laws worksheet– How do you think these may have played a roll in the election of 1898?

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Voting Rights Restricted

• 1890 Mississippi passes 1st Poll Tax & Literacy Test

• 1890= 130,000 African American voters in Alabama

• 1900 = 5300 A.A. voters in AL

How will this effect the south?