Today we talked about green bags and their worth. Next we talked about the farmers’ alliances and how they spent most of their time fighting the railroads. Next we learned about the Populists party the party was founded 1892. They held a convention in Nebraska July 2nd 1892. They wanted to fight against the rapid deflation of crop prices and they wanted a secret balance, also they wanted fewer taxes and shorter work days. The Populists wanted two basic systems that where based on gold and silver. The election of 1896 they voted for the democrats.
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