Populism, Disfranchisement
          & Segregation

People's Party

Republicanism
     -"Degenerating into European Conditions"

Labor Theory of Value
     -Producers v. Exploiters

Democratic and Republican Parties
     -Special Interests
     -Financial Interests

Southern Farmers' Alliance

Populist Convention of 1892
     -Blue-Gray Ticket
          -Gen. James B. Weaver (Iowa)
          -Gen. James G. Field (Va.) 

Omaha Platform
     -Land
     -Transportation (RRs)
     -Money (Gold, Silver, Greenbacks)
          -Banking

Electoral Strategy
     -West and South
     -Farmers and Laborers
     -Blacks and Whites

Grover Cleveland
     -Panic of 1893
     -Sherman Silver Purchase, 1890-1893

Election of 1894

Election of 1896
     -William Jennings Bryan
          -Arthur M. Sewall (DP)
          -Thomas E. Watson (PP)

Demise of the People's Party
     -Fusionists v. Middle-of-the-Roaders
     -Prosperity 
     -Spanish-American War
     -Imperialism

Harrison County Methods

The Solid South

Disfranchisement
     -Poll Tax

Segregation
     -Jim Crow













     Election of 1892


  Corn & Wheat Prices


    Election of 1896

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