The Populist Party wanted to push several issues at the time in the 1890s in the United States.
1. Free Silver--one of their biggest platforms was to change the currency to free silver to make it more affordable for the average person to use, instead of having money backed up by the gold standard.
2. Eight hour workday--They wanted to have workers and laborers be given an eight hour workday to give workers better working conditions than what they currently faced.
3. Income tax--They wanted to have a federal income tax (which later becomes the 16th Amendment) to have different taxes for people based on their income, or how much money they would make. So essentially, a very wealthy person would have higher taxes than a poor person.
4. Regulation of the railroad--They wanted the government to regulate the railroad instead of the big businesses regulating the railroad and coming up with the prices. The farmers especially felt as though it was not fair to allow the business owners to set the prices.
The Populist Party was essentially called the People's Party because they wanted to better represent and recognize the common people in government.
<span>A.
It included territory on five different continents.
- not true! only 3 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe
B.
It stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
- this is true! it touched the Atlantic in today's Portugal and the Red Sea in Egypt!
C.
It covered all of Central and Eastern Europe.
- it didn't reach that far
D.
It encompassed all of Africa and most of Asia. </span>- definitely not, it covered only the northern tip of Africa and only a small part of Asia.
<span>During the later part of the 1880s many governments had begun to establish public schools for educational services to children. Although somewhat basic in physical structure and combining different grades, schools taught reading, writing and mathematics. However, as opposed to home teaching by parents that themselves were not highly educated, the public schools were formal and structured. After establishing elementary schools, the government also expanded to high schools.</span>
