Populist party in U.S. history‚ political party formed primarily to express the agrarian protest of the late 19th cent. In some states the party was known as the People’s party. Formation of the Party During the Panic of 1873 agricultural prices in the United States began to decline. The economic welfare of farmers suffered badly; many believed that the management of currency was at fault and that the government’s currency policy was determined by Eastern bankers and industrialists. After
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The first populist movements in the United States are known as the Farmers’ Alliances‚ created mostly by Mid-westerners and Southerners‚ which sprang up throughout the 1880s. These agrarian citizens were disgruntled because of the declining agricultural prices‚ crop failures‚ and poor marketing and facilities‚ which inclined them to form local political action groups known as the Farmers’ Alliances. The economy of many farmers weakened greatly; people believed that the current money management was
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The Populist Party Platform‚ 1892 After the Panic of 1873 and the collapse of agriculture prices‚ the farmers’ revolt rose. The Populist party grew out from this revolt and through the collective economic actions that they promoted‚ the party became popular in the South states. In this excerpt from the Populist Party Platform‚ also known as the Omaha Platform‚ the Populists propose many different economic reforms that would help relaunching the economy especially in the agrarian sector
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ESSAY The Wizard of Oz is a classic‚ a legend‚ and a children’s story that will never grow old. Quotes from the story such as “Toto‚ I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore‚” and “There’s no place like home‚” are ones that will always pop into our heads when someone says Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” These are the lines that are related right away to the famous story. Dorothy’s long‚ adventurous trip down the Yellow Brick Road where she did make many specials friends and their find Esmerald
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A magician and a wizard: on the surface the two may seem as though they are cut from the same magical cloth‚ after all there are many similarities between the two. Both magicians and wizards practice magic with the aid of magical’ tools‚ both dress in a similar fashion‚ and both have famous representatives. However‚ upon closer analysis one will notice that these apparent likenesses‚ shared by wizards and magicians‚ are actually quite different from one another in method‚ nature‚ and/or purpose
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Wizard Island Wizard Island is undoubtedly a unique and interesting name for a volcano‚ in fact this volcano maybe better known as the island volcano in the middle of crater lake. Wizard Island is located in the west coast of crater lake‚ Oregon (United States) on the North American continent‚ it is located relatively on top of the seduction zone between the North American plate and the Juan De Fuca‚ a oceanic plate causing many major earth quakes in the area. Wizard Island’s has a latitude
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The Populist Movement ultimately failed to survive because of their desire for inflation and the support for the coinage of silver‚ as well as the fact that they merged with the Democratic Party to combat the Republicans. The 1896 election undermined agrarian insurgency‚ and a period of rapidly rising farm prices helped to bring about the dissolution of the Populist Party. Another important factor in the failure of the party was its inability to affect a genuine urban-rural coalition; its program
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dependence on bankers and merchants. Since it would have to be enacted by congress‚ the subtreasurey plan as this proposal was called‚ led the alliance into politics. In the early 1890’s the alliance evolved to the peoples part also known as the populists‚ the populist platform proposed many changes in election‚ tax‚ and economic policy. A desire to counter deflation and increase the money supply called for ‘free silver’ to back to dollar. The progressive movement was an effort to cure many of the ills
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represented the urban Americans laboring in factories and the populist movement represented simple‚ agrarian farmers. While both of these movements had evident similarities‚ it is worth noting that there were also clear distinctions. Both the similarities and differences between the two movements can be observed in two historic speeches: “The Labor Day Address” by the progressive John Peter Altgeld‚ and the “Cross of Gold” speech by populist champion William Jennings Bryan. Through these speeches‚ one
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A Wizard of Earthsea is a disappointing book with outdated language‚ and poor attention to detail. From the first page to the last‚ archaic language made A Wizard of Earthsea difficult to understand for a modern reader‚ and frustratingly decrepit. On the very first page readers struggle through sentences worded as: “many a Gontish man has gone forth to…” and onto the very last page “taking a course somewhat northward of their outbound…” which creates an irritatingly condescending tone that is unnecessary
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