This chapter discusses the political landscape in the United States from the 1870s to the 1890s. It describes the emergence of new issues like the agrarian revolt led by the Grangers and Farmers' Alliances over economic struggles facing farmers. This period saw increased political polarization, the Panic of 1893, and strikes like the Pullman Strike of 1894. It culminated in the 1896 presidential election where William Jennings Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech advocating for "Free Silver," though the conservative William McKinley ultimately won advocating for the gold standard.

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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 The Party System
 Stability and Stalemate
 High Turnout
 Cultural Basis of Party Loyalty

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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 The National Government
 Weak Federal Government
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 Presidents and Patronage
 Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
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President and Mrs.
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 Presidents and Patronage
 Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
 Garfield Assassinated
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“I am a Stalwart and Arthur is
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 Presidents and Patronage
 Stalwarts and Half-Breeds
 Garfield Assassinated
 Pendleton Act
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 Cleveland, Harrison, and the Tariff
 Cleveland Elected
Grover Cleveland
(Library of Congress)
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 Cleveland, Harrison, and the Tariff
 Cleveland Elected
 Election of 1888
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 The Politics of Equilibrium
 New Public Issues
 Sherman Antitrust Act
 Tariff Rates Raised
 Interstate Commerce
Act
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The State, War, and Navy Building,
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 The Agrarian Revolt
 The Grangers
 National Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry
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 The Agrarian Revolt
 The Alliances
 Social Goals of the Farmers’ Alliances
“Raise less corn and more hell!”
Mary Lease
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 The Agrarian Revolt
 The Alliances
 Social Goals of the Farmers’ Alliances
 People’s Party Established
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 The Agrarian Revolt
 The Populist Constituency
 Populism’s Limited Appeal
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 The Agrarian Revolt
 Populist Ideas
 The Populists’ Reform Platform
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 The Crisis of the 1890s
 The Panic of 1893
 America’s Interconnected Economy
 Homestead and Pullman Strikes
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 The Crisis of the 1890s
 The Silver Question
 “Bimetallism”
 “Free Silver”
 Sherman Silver Purchase Act Repealed
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 The Crisis of the 1890s
 “A Cross of Gold”
 McKinley Nominated
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 The Crisis of the 1890s
 “A Cross of Gold”
 McKinley Nominated
 “Cross of Gold” Speech
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From Stalemate to Crisis
“You shall not press down upon the
brow of labor this crown of thorns,
you shall not crucify mankind upon a
cross of gold!”
- William Jennings Bryan

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 The Crisis of the 1890s
 “A Cross of Gold”
 McKinley Nominated
 “Cross of Gold” Speech
 “Fusion”
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 “A Cross of Gold”
 The Conservative Victory
 Emergence of
Modern Campaigning
 Demise of the People’s Party
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Election of 1896

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 “A Cross of Gold”
 McKinley and Prosperity
 Gold Standard Act
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 Debating the Past:
Populism
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