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10/03/2009

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National Farmer’s Alliance
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which established farmer co-operatives to help ensure better crop and transportation prices (buy and ship in bulk then sell to the individual) – and other farmer’s alliances combined.
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Populist Party
Definition
associated with farmers, formed when the National Farmer’s Alliance
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“Crime of “73.”
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passed a law in 1873 officially discontinuing the coinage of silver
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“Free Silver”
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which is the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the old 16:1 ratio.
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
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it required the federal government of purchase but not coin silver and to pay for it in gold.
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Election of 1896
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This election was a turning point for the Populist Party and American History.This election was so important because the nation was making a choice between an industrialized based society and a rural based society
McKinley won and the choice of industry over rural changes the nation
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Wizard of Oz
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The book the Wizard of Oz published in 1900 by L. Frank Baum is believed to be a parable on populism
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