History of the United States II / Unit 5 USH2 0629 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Race and Populism
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The idea
Populism briefly crossed the colour line; one leader said the problem was poverty, not race. But the Yawp says Democrats race-baited the Populists, and they capitulated.
In practice
The Colored Farmers' Alliance falling to what the Yawp calls racial and class-based hostility.
Where people slip
After the crusade failed, Digital History says, Georgia's Tom Watson turned his rhetoric on Jews, Catholics and African Americans.
Your place on the trail
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