HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. Consequences/AftermathII. Populist CrusadeIII. LynchingIV. Ida B. Wells Outline of Current Lecture II. Southern Farmer’s Alliance III. Populist PartyIV. Election of 1896Current LectureSouthern Farmer’s Alliance -farmers formed a group because they were all having issues with the increased interest rates and the debt they individually owed -300 million joined the alliance-1 million African Americans joined the colored farmer’s Alliance-Charles Macune -was the head of the Southern Farmers' Alliance, pushing to launch the group as an independent political party; he united the group to be an independent organization from the Northern Alliance coupled with a program of active expansion-Mary Lease-known for the quote “raise less corn and more hell”; she toured all over the country and became a prominent women; she was hated by both the democrats and republicansPopulist Party-a revolution-they had three main goals: they wanted to get rid of farmers’ debt by high inflation- print a lot of money, the government was to reclaim land by absentee landowners, the government is to have ownership of all public utilities—ex: railroads and telephonesThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Homestead PA- an industrial lockout and strike-battle between strikers and private security agents- A high fence topped with barbed wire was completed and the plant sealed to the workers- major defeat for the union and a setback for efforts to unionize steelworkersPullman Strike - nationwide railroad strike in the United States against the Pullman company-when the company laid off workers and lowered wages, it did not reduce rents and the workers called for a strike-violence broke out in many cities and the strike collapsedElection of 1896- William Jennings Bryan, defended the Populist platform, Bryan's speaking skills were among the best of his generation; known as the "Great Commoner," Bryan developed a reputation as defender of the farmer-Bryan delivered a speech that made his career that demanded the free coinage of silver, he is known for the quote, "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!";after the audience grew loud he received the Democratic nomination-McKinley was the republican competitor who stayed out of the public eye and stayed home; he had the support of the moneyed eastern establishment. Marc Hannawas determined to see McKinley elected; he believed that the free coinage of silverwould bring financial ruin to America- Hanna directed a campaign based on fear of a Bryan victory; McKinley campaigned from his home, leaving the politicking for the party hacks-Bryan revolutionized campaign politics by making twenty to thirty speeches per day-McKinley had beaten Bryan by an electoral vote margin of 271 to
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