The Crises of the 1890s

The first primary document on The Omaha Platform of the Peoples Party (1892), was written by the Peoples Party whereby they created a platform known as Omaha Platform. The aim of the said platform was to highlight the corruption that took place in the Gilded age in the United States, whereby there was material, political, and moral ruin. Essentially, during this age, the Peoples party indicate that people were demoralized, land concentrated in the hands of capitalists, labor impoverished, homes covered in mortgages, businesses prostrated, public opinion silenced, and newspapers muzzled.

The main audience for this document happens to be the government whereby the party indicates certain policies in their Omaha platform that would help the government end corruption and decay. In addition, the party also indicated that if the power of the government was to be expanded, then

The other audience for the document happens to be the women and men across the United States. The peoples party asks for the help from all men in determining whether they should have a republic to govern.

The second document on Wealth against Commonwealth does not have a major contributor. The author...

…was like the old South from a sociological and economic perspective. This is more so the case given that despite the fact that there were advances on the industrialization and infrastructure fronts, the agricultural economy performed dismally. In addition, even though capital was invested, factories built, and trains brought, the New South languished in racial apartheid and poverty. The historical events that also that took place during the industrial and technological innovation period could also come in handy in efforts to better comprehend concerns described in the two documents. Essentially, government support as well as incorporation of technological innovation and industrialization led to…