PERIOD 6: 1865-1898APUSH – MS. JUSTICE - BHS

POLITICS OF PRIVILEGE,POLITICS OF EXCLUSION

AGRARIAN PROTEST & THE RISE OF THE PEOPLE’S PARTY

• The Grange – 1867• Farmer’s Alliance – 1870s• Populist Party – 1892

• Return government to the hands of the “plain people”

THE 1890s: POLITICS IN A DEPRESSION DECADE

DEPRESSION OF 1893-1897

• Dozens of railroads went into bankruptcy as a result of overbuilding

• Farm foreclosures reached new highs• Unemployment – 20%• Investors converted stock holdings to gold