The Emergence Of The Populist Movement

The reasons for the emergence of the populist movement weren’t just for the southern farmers but for the people of America also. The events that occurred in the late 19th century caused the Populist movement to even start. Not only did the Populist movement had a huge impact on the southern farmer people but also the people who owned railroad companies. The Populist movement had affected the people of the United States in many different ways. IN some ways like the creation of railroads had become a huge dramatic affect on the people of America. It had changed the way goods and other stuff was traded and transported across the new nation. Railroads even a huge effect especially on the south. With more railroads means more land to build
Without these available the south’s economy could drop an extreme amount and that is not the best thing for the southern states at the time. So a bunch of people like farmers, laborers, and others had come up with the Populist Movement. This movement had changed the social and economy of americans. A party called the People's PArty had been like the most successful third party movement since the civil war. This movement had pressed for like government regulations and even ownership of the railroads and banks. They also had pressed for currency expansion by printing green dollar bills and minting some silver to provide the south relief from debts. With this the Populist movement rose high and the people from up north were mortified about that. William Jennings Bryan was a huge part of the Peoples Party. He had been a dominant force i the populist wing of the Democrats party. William had support by his side named Charles H. Jones who helped him avoid controversy. Since Bryan was part of a resolutions committee, he was able to push forward the small like government towards a more modern character. This had got the Democrats to move towards his side and bring some