Populist Party And Hull House

Ben Kavalec September 13, 2007 Populist Part & Hull House • • • • • • •

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Populist Party grew out of the agrarian revolt that took place after the fall of agricultural prices following the Panic of 1873 the Populist Party was formed by the member of the Farmers’ Alliance in 18891890. in 1892, the Populist presidential candidate, James B. Weaver, received over one million votes the party flourished throughout the Southwest and Great Plains in 1896, the Populist presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan, lost to the Democrats by 600,000 votes in 1900, the Populist voters backed Bryan again, but he still came up short in 1904 and 1908, the Populists elected Thomas E. Watson, and after these elections the party ceased to exist Hull House was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in Chicago it was one of the first settlement houses in the U.S., and eventually became the largest, growing to 13 buildings the main purpose was to provide social and education opportunities for working class people in the surrounding neighborhood, mostly immigrants during the first two decades of operation, it attracted many females who later became prominent figures in the city later, the settlements began to offer services to ameliorate poverty the actual house used to be a mansion, and was bought by Addams to conduct her experiment by 1920, the it had about 500 settlements Addams ran the house until her death in 1935, but her work is still being continued to this day