Omaha Platform
A graduated income tax, Limits on immigration, and the secret ballot
The Populist Party was popular in Cleveland, Ohio where it began. It first appeared in the Presidential election of 1892.
William McKinley and William J. Bryan ran in both the 1896 race and the 1900 race. McKinley was a Republican and ran on a conservative platform. He attracted supporters that were in the upper crust. Bryan was the Democratic and Populist candidate; he represented the working man and advocated crusade against the rich.
Even allowing for political hyperbole, the Populist claim was essentially true. The Populist Party, like many American institutions at that time, was divided internally over issues of race, geography, economic orientationBut in that platform of 1892 they laid out a program of reform designed to help the small farmer, the small businessman and all others who saw themselves
The Populist Party Platform in 1892 was called the Omaha Platform. It called for the graduated income tax, the secret ballot, the direct election of Senators, and the eight-hour day.
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Omaha Platform
The Omaha Platform
A graduated income tax, Limits on immigration, and the secret ballot
James B. Weaver
The Populist Party adopted the Omaha Platform at its first convention in Omaha, Nebraska on July 4, 1892. In the elections that year, more Populists won races than at any other time in American history.
Radical League was created in 1892.
The People's Party (Populist) in 1892.
The Populist Party was popular in Cleveland, Ohio where it began. It first appeared in the Presidential election of 1892.
populist
In the presidential race of 1892, fear of the Populist Party's egalitarian proposals (such as __________) caused Southern Democrats to use fraud and intimidation because they feared the effect on white supremacy.