15:47 Mar 4, 2015 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - Media / Multimedia | |||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 11:48 | ||||
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4 +7 | the rise of populist movements |
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5 +1 | The rise of populisms/ populist parties |
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4 +2 | the rise of populism |
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The rise of populisms/ populist parties Explanation: The first Populist convention was in 1892. Delegates from farm, labor, and reform organizations met in Omaha, Nebraska, determined to overturn a U.S. political system they viewed as hopelessly corrupted by the industrial and financial trusts. Their platform stated: We are met, in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot‑box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench [courts].… From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes – tramps and millionaires. The pragmatic portion of their platform called for the nationalization of the railroads; a low tariff; loans secured by non-perishable crops stored in government-owned warehouses; and, most explosively, currency inflation through Treasury purchase and the unlimited coinage of silver at the “traditional” ratio of 16 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold. William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was the choice of both Democrats and Populists for President in 1896 and 1900. He would run again as a Democrat in 1908, and would lose all three times. About the photograph The Populists showed impressive strength in the West and South, and their candidate for president polled more than a million votes. But the currency question soon overshadowed all other issues. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newsouth/4817 |
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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