The Populist Movement The Populist movement has been unwaveringly crowned the single most massive democratic movement in the history of America. It represents a legion of millions of Southern and Western farmers during the last several decades of the nineteenth century. This massive group was a re...

William Jennings Bryan was a radical, highly recognized and often criticized candidate representing the democratic and people's party in the election of 1896. His major role during the 1896 election was that of representative of the common people. Bryan argued for the benefit of all men as equ...

The campaign had consisted mostly of persons with agrarian interests. They were people whose lives centered around their land and culture. In addition to this, they had a desire to maintain an increase the amount of paper money in circulation. This campaign was the beginning of the Greenback mov...