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  • Populist Party Platform 1892 | Teaching American History
    The Gilded Age introduced the country to the rise of capitalists and the struggle of workers' rights. The Populist movement was a direct response by a growing unified group of workers who identified based upon class. In this week's readings, we explore concepts related to the relationship between the workers and employers, the economies of the North and South, the impacts of westward expansion on Indigenous groups, immigration, the women's movement, and the U.S.' emergence as an imperialistic state. 

    progressivism | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Meanwhile, the Spanish-American War brought the United States into a new role as an international power. While European powers engaged in land grabs throughout Africa, India, and Australia, the United States turned its attention to imperialistic occupation of strategically-situated island countries. This expansion of U.S. intervention was focused on island countries in the Pacific. This is the time, island nations, such as Hawaii and Puerto Rico were forced to give up their independence to U.S. control. These issues, along with the rise of union action, lead to new questions about the role of government and the meaning of protection of individual rights.