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1. Not only did the Populist Party strengthen the Democrat Party, but also helped shape the Democrat & Republican platform in favor of the people (to obtain votes). 2. The demand of free coinage of silver made the U.S. government adopt silver as the legal standard, which lead to the Sherman Silver Act. 3. Helped turn the attention of the other parties to other problems. Ex: The 17th amendment provides for a direct, popular election of senators. This amendment was passed after the Populist Party brought it up.
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∙ 9y agoThe Populist Party had it's moment approx 1900 - 1920 as American society began to cement it's change from agricultural to industrial. Teddy Roosevelt used his popular presidency to break up the huge trusts (oil, steel, meat, railroads, banking) that were strangling the economy, corruption in politics became an issue to be addressed, and the direct election of senators, pushed by the Populists, passed as the 17th Amendment.
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