1 sept 1892 año - People's Party convention
1892
Descripción:
-platform was called the Omaha Platform
-called for solidarity with industrial workers, opposition to immigration to help American workers, and trying to earn more support for Eastern laborers
-supported generous coinage of silver
-gov't. ownership of railroads and telegraphs, a graduated income tax, direct election of US senators, and shorter workdays
-became more popular as the country entered a four-year financial crisis
-backed democrat William Jennings Bryan (call for free silver, "Cross of Gold", easy money supply would loosen control of northern banking interests)
-Bryan lost and an improved economy ended the Populist movement
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