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The Election Of 1896: The Fall Of The People's Party, Olivia Lee-Benton Jan 2016

The Election Of 1896: The Fall Of The People's Party, Olivia Lee-Benton

Curriculum Unit on the Gilded Age in the United States

The People’s Party (also known as the Populist Party) was a short-lived political party that was a result of agrarian unrest. The party was formed on the consolidation of multiple organizations, most notably, Farmer’s Alliance and the Knights of Labor. Formally established in 1892 with the creation of the Omaha Platform , the People’s Party called for numerous resolutions, the free coinage of silver in particular. This would have made it so that both silver and gold would be used as a currency with a ratio of 16:1 (bimetallism), causing more money to be in circulation. In this lesson, we …


The Election Of 1896: The Fall Of The People's Party: An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Resources, Olivia Lee-Benton Jan 2016

The Election Of 1896: The Fall Of The People's Party: An Annotated Bibliography Of Selected Resources, Olivia Lee-Benton

Curriculum Unit on the Gilded Age in the United States

Annotated bibliography to accompany The Election of 1896: the Fall of the People's Party lesson plan.