The Populist Movement The Populist movement has been unwaveringly crowned the single most massive democratic movement in the history of America. It represents a legion of millions of Southern and Western farmers during the last several decades of the nineteenth century. This massive group was a revolt against the two major political parties and the exclusive, oppressive industrialist notion they represented. One of the major works discussing this movement was Lawrence Goodwyn’s Democratic Promise, …showed first 75 words of 1812 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1812 total…the Southern farmer. Western Populism found root in the governmental take-over of land that was promised to the surge of migrating Southern farmers and black laborers. Just as several factors led to its formation, various arguments outline the causes of its demise. Populism represented a noble, radical American tradition and emerged as he largest and most influential mass democratic movement in America, one that has not been broached or attempted since its existence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**