American West: National Grange & Populist Party

Populist Party. National Grange. William Jennings Bryan. Cross of Gold Speech. Free Silver.

Key words include:

⭐ National Grange

⭐ Cooperative

⭐ Populist Party

⭐ William Jennings Bryan

⭐ William McKinley

⭐ Cross of Gold

⭐ Free Silver

This PowerPoint presentation examines:

► Graphs comparing the price of wheat as supply increase and demand decreases and the consequence it had on farmers

► Who farmers blamed for their debt and why

► Why the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was established and what it did to help farmers

► The positive and negative results of the cash-only cooperative stores established for farmers

► The power of the railroads and bankers

► The Farmers’ Alliances and how they sought to free farmers from banks and railroads

► The creation of the Populist Party and its political platform

► Problems with the Populist Party

► An economics lesson on Gold Standard vs. Free Silver

► Presidential election of 1896 and the Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan

► Bryan’s famous Cross of Gold speech

► The impact of the Populist Party

Overarching Question for this presentation (Thinking Focus Question):

❔ How did economic reform movements develop in the late 1800s?

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Here are other lessons in this unit you may be interested in:
Lesson 1: Mining Boom & Transcontinental RR
Lesson 2: Great Plains & Homestead Act
Lesson 3: Fetterman Massacre Treaty of Fort Laramie
Lesson 4: Little Bighorn Dawes Act Wounded Knee
Lesson 5: National Grange Populist Party

UNIT: The American West 1858-1896

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