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Module 6. Assignment Omaha Platform of 1892

Module 6. Assignment Omaha Platform of 1892

Q To get started, click the MindTap link in the Get Started Module to review the Omaha Platform of 1892. Follow the directions below: • Navigate to the bottom of the MindTap Homepage. • Click the Populist Party Platform link. In a new Word document, write a short essay (approximately 600 words) that addresses the following: • Based on what you read in the “Populist Party Platform,” identify the 2 or 3 primary goals or interests of the Populist Party. In other words, what problems or issues motivated people to form the Populist Party, and how did the Party propose to address them. Use evidence from the reading to support your conclusions. • For each of these goals, write a paragraph in which you discuss whether the Party achieved this goal at the state or national level. Your analysis should include information about why you think the goal succeeded or failed. For policies that were adopted, what amendments or compromises needed to be made, if any, in order to make that happen. Your response should be 3-4 paragraphs in length, and should meet the following criteria: • It addresses all portions of the topic or prompt. • It has a fully developed thesis. • Ideas are stated clearly and easy to understand. • Major supporting ideas are thoughtful, readily identi?able and well-developed in uni?ed paragraphs with concrete, substantial and relevant information. • It demonstrates command of language, with precise word choices, and few—if any—errors in usage or mechanics.

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In context of the targeted areas of making transition by the formation of the Populist Party; it can be observed that profits from selling of agricultural products had been a major area of interest of the party members (Montoya et al., 2017). This is because there had not been fair prices offered for offering of agriculturally produced products to be sold by the farmers. There had been a diminishing trend in the prices found to be present in the industry of selling agricultural products. There had been addressing of the ways in which land/property held by individuals had been forced to be misused in a capitalistic manner.