History of the United States II / Unit 5 USH2 0628 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Populists Faded
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The idea
Fusion with the Democrats cost the Populists their separate identity, and events then removed their central issue.
In practice
The Klondike Gold Rush of eighteen ninety-six to ninety-nine easing the money supply.
Where people slip
The silver question was not won in argument; new gold made it moot. The Spanish-American War of eighteen ninety-eight also raised demand for farm goods.
Your place on the trail
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