Background Knowledge:  
1. The Robber Barons 
2.  What is Populism?

1. Populism is a political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as fears) of the general people, especially contrasting those interests with the interests of the elite. Populist sentiment contributed to the American Revolutionary War, and continued to shape the young United States afterward.

The Populist Party Platform

3.  Progressive Era


Starter 10.20:  Jot down notes from both videos.  Note what you find relevant to our inquiry.  Do you see elements from these historical periods that relate/connect to the modern debate around economics/wealth/redistribution?


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