Addiction (1983 New York) Sitting watching the news channel or hearing my family and friends (the ones in the military) talk about the war they have been in or the ones that they still in‚ I never realized that we are‚ as a country‚ addicts to war preparations‚ “If Western Civilizations were a person‚ we should be directing it to the nearest meeting of War-Preparers Anonymous‚ ” Writes Kurt Vonnegut in “1983 New York” (298) Vonnegut’s point is that we should be standing up and admitting that we
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impossible to compete in this new global market that was helping America’s budding industry so much. Finally‚ the panic of 1893 devastated many of the nation’s farmers already struggling to hold on. As a result‚ many farm groups‚ most notably the Populist Party‚ arose to fight what farmers saw as the reasons for the decline of agriculture. The decline of agriculture was caused by these factors‚ not the banks‚ the railroads‚ or the government. However‚ the first two preyed on the weak farmers while
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representatives to growing western districts‚ and add more polling places. Most of the Revolution-era state constitutions preserved the colonial policy of denying citizens the right to run for office unless they met certain requirements. A small group of populist reformers proposed to reduce the size of election districts. They wanted to make state legislatures more responsive to the voters by giving them less constituents.The advocates and opponents of heavy tax and debt collection were so far apart they
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the fallout from Brexit‚ and now the challenges Chancellor Merkel faces in Germany‚ we must continue to realize that sometimes it is the “silent majority” or the populist that makes a choice. In the context of current religion political and socio-political discourse globally‚ one can observe the shift from nationalism to more of a populist
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Populist And Progressives The Populists and Progressive were form of movement that occurred during the outbreaks of the workers union after the civil war. The populists began during the late 1800s.The progressive began during the 1900s. There are many differences between these two movements‚ but yet these movements have many things that are similar. Farmers united to protect their interests‚ even creating a major political party. The party was called the peoples party which became known as
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Populist party in U.S. history‚ political party formed primarily to express the agrarian protest of the late 19th cent. In some states the party was known as the People’s party. Formation of the Party During the Panic of 1873 agricultural prices in the United States began to decline. The economic welfare of farmers suffered badly; many believed that the management of currency was at fault and that the government’s currency policy was determined by Eastern bankers and industrialists. After
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The first populist movements in the United States are known as the Farmers’ Alliances‚ created mostly by Mid-westerners and Southerners‚ which sprang up throughout the 1880s. These agrarian citizens were disgruntled because of the declining agricultural prices‚ crop failures‚ and poor marketing and facilities‚ which inclined them to form local political action groups known as the Farmers’ Alliances. The economy of many farmers weakened greatly; people believed that the current money management was
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The Populist Party Platform‚ 1892 After the Panic of 1873 and the collapse of agriculture prices‚ the farmers’ revolt rose. The Populist party grew out from this revolt and through the collective economic actions that they promoted‚ the party became popular in the South states. In this excerpt from the Populist Party Platform‚ also known as the Omaha Platform‚ the Populists propose many different economic reforms that would help relaunching the economy especially in the agrarian sector
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have well-running businesses due to manufacturers hitting a huge growth rate‚ railroad companies and banks abusing them‚ as well as overproduction. There was‚ in a way‚ agricultural depression. Farmers began to over come this by forming the Populist Party. Farmers were seeing monopolization and a shortage in money becaue of the government’s decisions. In document G Leading Economic Sectors in 1849 and 1899 have shown that in 1849 agriculture made 59.3% of the money in the U.S while Manufacturers
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dependence on bankers and merchants. Since it would have to be enacted by congress‚ the subtreasurey plan as this proposal was called‚ led the alliance into politics. In the early 1890’s the alliance evolved to the peoples part also known as the populists‚ the populist platform proposed many changes in election‚ tax‚ and economic policy. A desire to counter deflation and increase the money supply called for ‘free silver’ to back to dollar. The progressive movement was an effort to cure many of the ills
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