logging in or signing up Populism dficker Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2604 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (4) Dislike it (0) Added: September 01, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 3 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: aprilsmith (3 month(s) ago) I would love to show this to my 6th grade class. May I download this? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: jmckee2003 (4 month(s) ago) Would love to download!!!! Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: costanc (8 month(s) ago) May I please have a copy of this? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: JOHANNA (43 month(s) ago) I need this file? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: juanca (43 month(s) ago) can i download this file?? please Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Populism & The West : Populism & The West “What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell!” Mary Elizabeth Lease (1890) Populist Organizer Things to Know About the American West : Things to Know About the American West Homestead Act (160 acres; 5 years) Exodusters Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) Dawes Act (broke up reservation system; education and full “Americanization”) Cattle frontier (open range—fencing ended this) Mining (especially silver) And….. 2 Populism: : Populism: What? 3 Political movement that tried to help out the nation’s struggling farmers Populism : Populism Why? 4 1. Mechanization - More machines = more debt 2. New Farm Land More land (on credit) = more debt Farmers were in trouble because of... Populism : Populism Why? 5 3. Specialization of Crops - Farmers only raise one crop (leads to trouble if that crop has problems) 4. Disasters - floods, boll-weevil, grasshoppers Farmers were in trouble because of... The Grange : The Grange 6 What? Cooperative movement - farmers pooled their money to make shared purchases of machinery, supplies, insurance, etc. Worked for pro-farmer laws Ex. Interstate Commerce Act - regulated rates of railroads How? Populist Party & Free Silver : Populist Party & Free Silver 7 Populists believed that this would solve nearly all of the farmer’s problems They wanted to use both silver and gold coins, thus increasing the amount of money in the country What? All money would be worth less, a situation that was bad for creditors (big banks) and good for debtors (farmers) Why? A Populist President? : A Populist President? William Jennings Bryan 8 Ran as a Populist President in 1896 on platform of Free Silver “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” -- W.J. Bryan Big business opposes his run, Republicans win the white house, & Populists fade away The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Written by Active Populist L. Frank Baum Most things in the book represent something important to the populist movement 9 The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Basic Symbols: 10 Ruby Slippers - In the book, were actually “Silver Slippers” (magic of Free Silver) Yellow Brick Road - “Gold” many dangers for regular people (like Dorothy) Oz - Abbreviation for Ounce (way gold is measured) The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Characters: 11 Dorothy - Traditional American Values Scarecrow - Farmers (no brain) Tin Man - Industrial Workers The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Characters: 12 Lion - William Jennings Bryan (a pacifist) Toto Temperance Activists (allies of the Populists) Wizard Money Power (influence is manipulation) The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Places: 13 Emerald City - Washington D.C. (green glasses) Good Witches of North & South - Factory and Farm Workers Wicked Witch of the East - bankers and brokers on Wall Street You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Populism dficker Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2604 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (4) Dislike it (0) Added: September 01, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 3 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... By: aprilsmith (3 month(s) ago) I would love to show this to my 6th grade class. May I download this? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: jmckee2003 (4 month(s) ago) Would love to download!!!! Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: costanc (8 month(s) ago) May I please have a copy of this? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: JOHANNA (43 month(s) ago) I need this file? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: juanca (43 month(s) ago) can i download this file?? please Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Populism & The West : Populism & The West “What you farmers need to do is raise less corn and more Hell!” Mary Elizabeth Lease (1890) Populist Organizer Things to Know About the American West : Things to Know About the American West Homestead Act (160 acres; 5 years) Exodusters Battle of Wounded Knee (1890) Dawes Act (broke up reservation system; education and full “Americanization”) Cattle frontier (open range—fencing ended this) Mining (especially silver) And….. 2 Populism: : Populism: What? 3 Political movement that tried to help out the nation’s struggling farmers Populism : Populism Why? 4 1. Mechanization - More machines = more debt 2. New Farm Land More land (on credit) = more debt Farmers were in trouble because of... Populism : Populism Why? 5 3. Specialization of Crops - Farmers only raise one crop (leads to trouble if that crop has problems) 4. Disasters - floods, boll-weevil, grasshoppers Farmers were in trouble because of... The Grange : The Grange 6 What? Cooperative movement - farmers pooled their money to make shared purchases of machinery, supplies, insurance, etc. Worked for pro-farmer laws Ex. Interstate Commerce Act - regulated rates of railroads How? Populist Party & Free Silver : Populist Party & Free Silver 7 Populists believed that this would solve nearly all of the farmer’s problems They wanted to use both silver and gold coins, thus increasing the amount of money in the country What? All money would be worth less, a situation that was bad for creditors (big banks) and good for debtors (farmers) Why? A Populist President? : A Populist President? William Jennings Bryan 8 Ran as a Populist President in 1896 on platform of Free Silver “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” -- W.J. Bryan Big business opposes his run, Republicans win the white house, & Populists fade away The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Written by Active Populist L. Frank Baum Most things in the book represent something important to the populist movement 9 The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Basic Symbols: 10 Ruby Slippers - In the book, were actually “Silver Slippers” (magic of Free Silver) Yellow Brick Road - “Gold” many dangers for regular people (like Dorothy) Oz - Abbreviation for Ounce (way gold is measured) The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Characters: 11 Dorothy - Traditional American Values Scarecrow - Farmers (no brain) Tin Man - Industrial Workers The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Characters: 12 Lion - William Jennings Bryan (a pacifist) Toto Temperance Activists (allies of the Populists) Wizard Money Power (influence is manipulation) The Wizard of Oz : The Wizard of Oz Places: 13 Emerald City - Washington D.C. (green glasses) Good Witches of North & South - Factory and Farm Workers Wicked Witch of the East - bankers and brokers on Wall Street