The Populist Party emerged in response to the growth of Industrialization and the "concentrated capital" in banks and businesses in the United States. The party mostly consisted of farmers and it acted as a third party separate from the Democrats or Republicans.
Preamble: The Populist Party believed that "corruption dominates the ballot box" and that the businesses had too much control over government. The urban workers working for these powerful businesses were "denied the right to organize for self-protection" and the "imported pauperized labor was beating down their wages." Populists wanted the power to be put in the hands of the "plain people" to "end that oppression injustice."
Platform: The party believed that actions should be taken to improve the finance, transportation and land for the common people. Railroads and industries had too much power over the United States and "every dollar taken from industry without an equivalent is robbery."
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