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Populist party

Populist party, in U.S. history, political party formed primarily to express the agrarian protest of the late 19th cent. In some states the party was known as the People's party.

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Populist party: Formation of the Party - Formation of the Party During the Panic of 1873 agricultural prices in the United States began to ...
Populist party: Dissolution - Dissolution In 1896, while the Republican party adhered to the “sound money” platform, ...
Populist party: Bibliography - Bibliography See R. Hofstadter, The Age of Reform (1955, repr. 1963); N. Pollack, ed., The Populist ...
Populist party: Goals - Goals The party adopted a platform calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, ...
People's party: meaning and definitions - People's party: Definition and Pronunciation

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