In the following I will proudly give you detail to detail facts on the populist movement of the late 1800s. The populist political movement began as a movement of western and southern small farmers in the 1880s. In the 1880s and 1890s, small farmers were increasingly threatened with losing their farms and their land. With the growth of a national market for grain in the 1880s, farmers found that the price they received for their …showed first 75 words of 803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 803 total…dominated by large corporations and the wealthy. With the defeat of the populists political movement, the democratic and republican parties and the state and federal governments believed that by supporting big corporations and economic growth all Americans would be better off. My opinion on that would be that if large corporations and the wealthy will create us with more wealth and opportunity that will benefit us all with jobs, money, and other opportunities for advancement.