Ocala Platform (1 Dez 1890 Jahr – 1 Jul 1892 Jahr)

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Cause:

1. address the problems of Rural America
2. attacked parties that were with Wall Street bankers and big business

Effect:

1. Direct election of U.S. senators (in the original U.S. Constitution, senators were selected by state legislatures)
2. Lower tariff rates
3. A graduated income tax (people with higher incomes would pay higher rates of tax)
4. A new banking system regulated by the federal government
5. reform ideas would lead to Populist Party

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