A Party of Patches Political Cartoon
Task: to read back over the pages in the book from ch. 23 and 26 regarding Agrarian reform movements and the Populist Party. Use your reading and the Political cartoon to answer the following questions. Be sure to include a copy of the questions with your answers!
1. Why did these groups come together in a single party?
2. How does the cartoon explain the weakness of the populist coalition?
3. Why would a party with numerous issues agree to focus on the single issue of inflation?
4. Why did the anticipated victory of Bryan never materialize?
5. Why did the conditions of farmers improve in the years after 1896 despite William Jennings Bryan's loss in the election?
6. What Populist proposals later found their way into the mainstream of American political thought?
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