By Donald J. Green
This interesting e-book seems on the pick out team of 3rd events that experience made a true distinction in U.S. politics and governance.
• short biographies of a opt for staff of events and personalities, together with the first-ever 3rd occasion, the longest-running 3rd occasion, 3rd events prepared by way of girls, and people began by way of racial and ethnic minorities
• A chronology exhibiting the eleven very important 3rd events that experience figured in presidential elections, starting with the election of 1840
• A bibliography directory resources for extra reading
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The Democrats accused Garfield of taking bribes in a major financial scandal, and Gen. ’’ Weaver was dismissed as a crackpot because the provisions in the Greenback platform were so radical for the time. Typical for the period, neither of the two main parties was willing to address the plight of the workers and farmers that produced these so-called radical demands. 3 percent of the total votes cast. Garfield won the White House with a slim 9,464 vote margin out of more than nine million popular votes (4,454,416 to 4,444,952).
Weaver’s votes came from the more isolated rural areas from farmers who were out of the mainstream and looked to the People’s Party to act on their behalf. 16 One year after the election of 1892 another depression struck the nation. Known as the Panic of 1893, the downturn started in Europe and spread to the United States as foreigners cut back on the purchase of American products. S. securities, resulting in a decline in the money supply. Falling prices hurt farmers whose costs were now higher than their incomes, forcing many into foreclosure.
Cleveland defeated Blaine in another close election. 11 The Revolt of the Farmers 33 Despite its defeat at the polls, the legacy of the Greenback Party was profound. It was the first third party to achieve national significance by combining the forces of farmers and workers and to insist that the national government play a part to make lives better for working Americans. It passed on many of its ideas to the more influential Populists, the Progressive Movement of the early 20th century, and even to the New Deal.
