1. Populism & the Election of 1896 By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. What were some of the major problems facing farmers during the Gilded Age ??

4. Populism: An Agrarian Revolt

5. Price Indexes for Consumer & Farm Products: 1865-1913

6. Founder of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry (1867)

9. Gift for the Grangers: The Farmer Pays for All!

13. Platform of Lunacy

16. Govt.-Owned Companies

17. 1892 Election

18. Bi-Metallism Issue

19. The Panic of 1893

21. Here Lies Prosperity

22. Written by a Farmer at the End of the 19c When the banker says he's broke And the merchant’s up in smoke, They forget that it's the farmer who feeds them all. It would put them to the test If the farmer took a rest; Then they'd know that it's the farmer feeds them all.

25. The 1896 Election

26. Gold / Silver Bug Campaign Pins

27. William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) The “Great Commoner”

29. Bryant’s “Cross of Gold” Speech You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold !

30. Bryan: The Farmers Friend (The Mint Ratio) 18,000 miles of campaign “whistle stops.”

31. Democratic Party Taken Over by the Agrarian Left Platform  tariff reductions; income tax; stricter control of the trusts (esp. RRs); free silver.

32. Mark Hanna: The “Front-Porch” Campaign

34. William McKinley (1843-1901)

35. Mark Hanna to Candidate McKinley

36. “ A Giant Straddle”: Suggestion for a McKinley Political Poster

37. The Seasoned Politician vs. The “Young” Newcomer

38. Joshua A. Levering: Prohibition Party

39. Into Which Box Will the Voter of ’96 Place His Ballot?

40. 1896 Election Results

43. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

44. 1964: Henry Littlefield’s “Thesis”?

46. Heyday of Western Populism

48. But, Populism Still Lives! Al Gore (Dem) in 2000

49. But, Populism Still Lives! John Edwards (Dem) in 2008