Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes & Gold Standards : Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes & Gold Standards
American Farmers : American Farmers Why were American farmers in such dire straits in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?
American Farmers : American Farmers How did radical issues in the South affect the growth and effectiveness of the Alliance?
Populist Party : Populist Party What was the Populist Party?
When were the Populists an important force in American politics?
Who were some key leaders of the Populist movement?
Populist Party : Populist Party What did the Alliance members and Populists believe, and seek to change?
Gold Standard : Gold Standard What is meant by the term ‘gold standard’?
Why did some want to depart from this standard in the late 1800’s?
Where did President Benjamin Harrison stand of this issue?
What was President Grover Cleveland’s view?
What did William Jennings Bryan make a central issue of the 1896 presidential campaign?
France : France How did the Third Republic come into existence?
Peace of Frankfurt
General Election
Parisians
Adolphe Thiers
France : France Main features of republican government included civil rights, anticlerical program, education reform, protective tariffs & expansion of empire.
Italy : Italy How would you summarize the problems that Italy faced as compared with the problems of the Third Republic in France?
Italy : Italy Why did southern Italians rebel against their new central government?
How serious was their rebellion?
Italy : Italy How did the Pope use his influence during the crucial first decades of Italian nationhood?