US History › Section J · Cities and Gilded Age politics › Topic J.7
Social and labor unrest in the 1890s
In 1893 the country fell into the worst depression it had yet known. Marches of the unemployed, a nationwide railway strike and the fierce election of 1896 tested whether the farmers' revolt could become a national movement.
In this topic
- The Panic of 1893
- Hard times and Cleveland's response
- Coxey's Army
- The Pullman Strike
- Worked example: how the government broke the strike
- The Democrats turn to silver
- The battle of 1896
- Why the Populists faded
- Worked example: is Oz a Populist parable?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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