Jenna Carter History 2020 10/6/16 Discuss the Populist Movement, Especially the Election of 1896. Do you see any similarities with the Tea Party Movement today The Populist Movement was a result of the Democratic and Republican Party ignoring the interest and hardships of the farmers. During 1880's, farmers were complaining about the prices of their goods (like cotton and corn), the price of the new transportation of railroads, and other to whom the farmers worked with. They went through some horrible droughts which affected them greatly because they could not sell enough goods to pay for the transportation or even their mortgages. This ended up leading the farmers to create organized groups. These groups were the Segregated National Farmers' …show more content…
These organized group promised to unify their actions in order to solve the agricultural problems and these groups were growing at the rate of 1,000 people a week. This movement really focused on the citizens of the United States and the struggles they go through as a whole. They came together to let people know about their struggles during the drought and the drop of prices on their crops and the price of train transportation. The new industrial age was really hard on farmers. During the Election of 1896, it was focused more on the gold and silver standards for the money. The people of the United States wanted a solution that would solve their economic crisis quick. During this election, the unemployment rate rose up quick and all the income and price of farms fell really low. So silver actually offered a temporary cure for the depression that the United State citizens were going through. For the Republican party, they were sure they were going to win against the democrats. Their Nominee for the republican Party was William McKinley. McKinley fought in the civil war by serving in the Union Army. During 1876 he won a seat in Congress. Since McKinley had the …show more content…
Some similarities I see is that people are coming together like the farmers for a specific cause they want changed. Their mission is being spoken of all over the country just like the farmers. One big similarity I see with both the Populist Movement and the Tea Party Movement, they are both discussing the problem with money. The United States big problems is how we are spending our money and who suffers from the Government spending. Just like the farmers suffered from prices being dropped on their crops, and the prices of the train transportation was high, they could not even afford the train because their income was so low due to price change. The citizens of today are getting excessively taxed because the government can not budget their spending properly and we have a big debt that would take years to even pay