Statements (45)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
political movement
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gptkbp:advocatesFor |
farmers' rights
labor rights |
gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:People's_Party
|
gptkbp:characteristics |
grassroots organizing
anti-establishment sentiment economic reform proposals direct democracy advocacy rhetoric of the common people |
gptkbp:criticism |
internal divisions
failure to achieve lasting change lack of clear ideology limited appeal beyond rural areas over-reliance on charismatic leaders |
gptkbp:events |
gptkb:Omaha_Platform
1896 Presidential Election Populist conventions merger_with_the_Democratic_Party formation_of_the_People's_Party |
gptkbp:historicalContext |
economic inequality
railroad expansion Gilded Age monopolies political corruption |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Populist Movement
|
gptkbp:influencedBy |
industrialization
urbanization economic distress |
gptkbp:is_a_member_of |
labor unions
rural communities small farmers disenfranchised voters |
gptkbp:keyFigures |
gptkb:James_B._Weaver
gptkb:Mary_Elizabeth_Lease gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan |
gptkbp:legacy |
influence on later political movements
|
gptkbp:opposedBy |
political elites
corporate power |
gptkbp:origin |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:outcome |
decline in the 1900s
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gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Tea_Party_Movement
Progressive Era New Deal Donald_Trump's_political_style |
gptkbp:timePeriod |
1890s
|