June 16 Lecture

Thursday's lecture was on "populism", the "people's party":

Origin of the "People's Party"

Purpose of the People's Party

Farmer's Alliances

Three main issues of the People's Party

Structural changes of the government wanted by the People's Party

Initiative

Referendum

Support of Women's suffrage and civil rights

1892 Election

Election of 1896

Republican Candidate

Republican Platform

Democrat Candidate

Democrat Platform

Republican Dominance of National Politics

Election reform

Types of voters

Influence on voters and the election

World Affairs

Modernization of the US Navy

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Benjamin F. Tracy