Document Analysis: “Cross of Gold” In 1896‚ three years after the “Panic of 1893”‚ a man by the name of William Jennings Bryan delivered one of the most historical speeches to this day. In the late 1800’s a populist movement was happening and people were starting to take notice. Political corruption and big business practices hurt not only laborers‚ but also farmers. When farmers organized into alliances‚ and eventually into the Populist Party‚ they posed a challenge to the reigning two-party
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JOURNALS 2nd Semester Week 19 #11. Research one of the battles during the Indian Wars with the Americans during the late 1800s. Create an annotated bibliography of two images and two written sources you would use if you were going to give a presentation. Each annotation will include 2-3 sentences about how the source would be used and why it is important. Must use MLA citation of your sources. Refer to page 457 in your text for reference. All references must come from different sources; Wikipedia
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Chapter 17: Reform Writing Assignment Directions: Below are two documents related to the rise of the Populist Party and the Democratic Party’s response. Read both documents and analyze the 1896 presidential election map that follows. Write one paragraph in which you describe the impact of William Jennings Bryan’s views on the election of 1896. 1892 Populist Platform We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral‚ political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot
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The United States from the beginning was a nation of farmers. But by the late nineteenth century‚ people were leaving the farm and moving into the city. It was around this time that the farmers saw threats to their way of life. The farmers were being pushed around by the banks‚ railroads companies. They had good reasons for agrarian discontent. The documents show the validity of the farmer’s complaints‚ especially on bank mortgage rates and the gold standard. The Populist Party or People’s party
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Figaro‚ magnificent But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me He’s just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity Easy come‚ easy go‚ will you let me go? Bimetallism! No‚ we will not let you go Let him go Bimetallism! We will not let you go‚ let him go Bimetallism! We will not let you go‚ let me go Will not let you go‚ let me go‚ never Never let you go‚ let me go Never let me go‚ oh No‚ no‚ no‚ no‚ no‚ no‚ no Oh mama aim‚ mama aim Mama aim‚ let
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The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan‚ a former United States Representative from Nebraska‚ at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9‚ 1896. In the address‚ Bryan supported bimetallism or "free silver"‚ which he believed would bring the nation prosperity. He decried the gold standard‚ concluding the speech‚ "you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold".[1] Bryan’s address helped catapult him to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination; it is
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this time‚ Populists has begun emphasizing the importance of upgrading the amount of silver needed in the 16:1 ratio of silver and gold. Populists such as Donnelly had begun to create various ideas which could help the working class Americans. Bimetallism was a concern which could help generalize a multitude of their problems‚ with debt and income. Donnelly had made himself known throughout the Progressive Era which had begun close to his death around 1901 (Encyclopedia.com). This was because the
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enabling residents of one country to make payments to residents of other countries. Over the past centuries world trade was characterised by great changes in the international financial system‚ beginning with the use for gold and silver in the bimetallism era‚ through the gold standard the gold exchange standard ‚ the Bretton Woods system and the current floating exchange rates. Arguably gold id the oldest metal used both as store of value and as a medium of exchange as realised in the early Egyptian
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were against the gold standard because it meant the prices were going to have a reduction‚ even more than before. The gold standard supplemented a higher value of the national money therefore making it harder for them to pay loans and debts. Bimetallism became a major issue politically and economically. Industrialist and bankers opposed because inflation for them was not good either. One representative was William Jennings Bryan‚ author of one of the most influential speeches of all time‚ “The
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Although Bryan is discussing bimetallism and the Ocala Platform is discussing laws for farmers‚ they are in fact quite similar in their demands. Neither of the two parties wants national banks; they both would rather have smaller local banks to run the money in the country. Also they both believe income tax is a good thing and that it should not be removed. In William Jennings Bryan’s speech before the Democratic National Convention‚ he stated that “we are opposing the national bank” (Bryan).
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