Populist movement

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The Populist movement was a late 19th-century U.S. agrarian-based political movement that challenged corporate power and advocated economic and political reforms to support farmers and working people.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Populist movement canonical 5
Populism 2
Populists 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agrarian movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
reform movement ⓘ
aimedAt economic reform ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
geographicRegion American South ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Midwest ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Populist crusade ⓘ
Populist revolt ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union ⓘ
linked to: Farmers' Alliance

People's Party ⓘ
hasPart Farmers' Alliance ⓘ
People's Party ⓘ
ideology agrarianism ⓘ
anti-monopoly ⓘ
populism ⓘ
influenced 20th-century American reform politics ⓘ
Progressive movement ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
influencedBy Farmers' Alliance ⓘ
Granger movement ⓘ
mergedInto Democratic Party ⓘ
notableEvent election of 1892 ⓘ
election of 1896 ⓘ
opposed corporate power ⓘ
large financial trusts ⓘ
railroad monopolies ⓘ
peakPeriod 1890s ⓘ
positionOnEconomicPolicy bimetallism ⓘ
free silver ⓘ
graduated income tax ⓘ
inflationary monetary policy ⓘ
public ownership of railroads ⓘ
public ownership of telegraph ⓘ
public ownership of telephone ⓘ
regulation of banks ⓘ
subtreasury plan ⓘ
positionOnPoliticalReform direct election of U.S. senators ⓘ
initiative ⓘ
recall ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
secret ballot ⓘ
socialBase rural laborers ⓘ
sharecroppers ⓘ
small farmers ⓘ
some urban workers ⓘ
tenant farmers ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
supported farmers ⓘ
labor reforms ⓘ
working people ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Progressive Era → influencedBy → Populist movement ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan → movement → Populism ⓘ
linked to: Populist movement
Jacob Coxey → movement → Populist movement ⓘ
Crime of 1873 → criticizedBy → Populists ⓘ
linked to: Populist movement
Farmers' Alliance → influenced → Populist movement ⓘ
Ignatius Donnelly → movement → Populism ⓘ
linked to: Populist movement
What's the Matter with Kansas? → mainSubject → Populism in Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Populist movement
Silverite movement → supportedBy → Populists ⓘ
linked to: Populist movement
Silverite movement → relatedTo → Populist movement ⓘ