Omaha Platform

major third party during the Gilded Age. The Populist Party had emerged from the Farmer's Alliance (Foster, "Gilded Age Politics"), therefore much of their platform was agrarian based. The two strongest issues on their platform were the nationalization of the railroad and a strong currency that could be regulated by the government (The Omaha Platform). Monopolies ran the railroads and monopolies define their prices. The Populist Party outraged by monopoly control began to call for government…

treatment they thought they deserved. The Grange, instead of a social group, became a political party known as the Populist party. The Populist party got started immediately on trying to infiltrate the federal government. They created a platform called the Omaha Platform which listed all that they wanted to happen in government like strict regulation of railroads, a graduated income tax, and the remonetization of silver. The Populist party managed to put a party representative in the Senate…

The Growth of the Federal Government in Modern United States Beginning in the late nineteenth to twentieth century, the role of the American federal government with regards to involvement in the lives of its citizens has greatly been magnified. There are quite a number of factors responsible for this occurrence. A lot of social and political reforms took place during this period. Some of them are the establishment of progressivism and the rise of the progressive party, The Populist Party, the…

To understand the emergence of the Populists and Progressives, it must be understood why these groups came to be. Increasing industrialization, urbanization and immigration were factors reshaping American society following reconstruction. The emergence of both Populists and Progressives was a response to a growing industrial economy that resulted in disparities between rich and poor, increasing social and political conflict. The solutions of the Populists and Progressives were varied however…

farm prices even more. Economic transformation created industrial prosperity and new lifestyles, but in states still dominated by farming these changes also had a widespread negative effect. On July 1892, 1300 delegates gathered in Omaha, Nebraska to write a national platform and selected a presidential nominee for the Peoples party. In sorting out the causes of their economic distress, they tended to focus less on the structural changes within international markets. But more important than the…

● Muckrakers and Writers ○ Jacob Riis-How the other Half Lives-Showed awful conditions of tenements ○ Lincoln Steffens-The Shame of the Cities-Corruption of big city politics ○ Ida Tarbell-History of Standard Oil in McClure’s magazine ○ David Phillips-The Treason of the Senate-Discussed the corrupt Senate ○ Ray Baker-Following the Color LIne-First journalist to examine America's racial divide. ○ John Spargo-The Bitter Cry of the Children-Showed horrific working conditions of children. ● Voter…

and monitoring. Welders and cutters may work outdoors, but often in confined areas, that are ventilated. These areas are generally designed to keep the spark and glare away from others. Some welders have to work high above ground on a scaffold or platform. Welders generally work 8 to 12 hour days, this allows them to continue production. Production welders have one of the highest rates of injuries and illnesses. They are often exposed to many hazards, like melting…

While it was initially a success, in the long term the Populist movement faltered. Farmers tried to overcome deflation and falling crop prices by forming organaizations such as the Grange and the Farmers’ Alliance. Many farmers joined the Populist Party in the 1890s. “Populism was a movement to increase farmers’ political power and to work for legislation in their interest. Farmers joined the Populist movement because they were in the midst of an economic crisis” (The American Vision 470).…

They were affected by the declining crop prices and the disparage of currency, and the production and monopolies of railroads. The program originated in 1882 in Omaha, Nebraska. The populists had many ideologies that caused them to create their movement such as: women’ suffrage, direct election of senators, federal income tax, campaigns against monopolies and trusts, and to alert the people of the abuses made by…

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Henry Dorely Zoo Aquarium. This aquarium, located in Omaha, Nebraska, may be just about as far away from the ocean as it gets, but thanks to taxes and donations, everyone in this land-locked region can get a look at coasts around the world. And because this particular aquarium is the largest aquarium found in a zoo, there is a lot to see. Featured here are eleven exhibits, including the Open Oceans exhibit, and a Cold Pacific Oceans exhibit, as well as the…