US History › Section J · Cities and Gilded Age politics › Topic J.6
Farmers and the Populist revolt
Squeezed by falling prices, high freight rates and debt, American farmers organised first into the Grange, then into the Farmers' Alliances, and finally into a new political party. The Populists lost elections but set much of the next generation's reform agenda.
In this topic
- Hard times on the farm
- Why prices fell and costs rose
- The Grange
- Granger laws and the Greenbackers
- The Farmers' Alliances
- The subtreasury plan
- Race, women and the movement
- From alliance to party
- Worked example: reading the Omaha Platform
- Worked example: explaining the 1892 result
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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