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Source: “People’s Party Platform,” Omaha Morning World-Herald, July 5, 1892.
[W]e seek to restore the government of the Republic to the hands of “the plain people,” with which class it originated. …Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world; … We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with the terms of our platform. We believe that the power of government -- in other words, of the people -- should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teaching of experience shall justify, to the end that oppression, injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land.
--Excerpt from AP US History Released 2012, Question 1 - Document-Based Question, Document F
Which political party does this platform represent?
Source: “People’s Party Platform,” Omaha Morning World-Herald, July 5, 1892.
[W]e seek to restore the government of the Republic to the hands of “the plain people,” with which class it originated. …
Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world; … We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation, in accordance with the terms of our platform. We believe that the power of government -- in other words, of the people -- should be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teaching of experience shall justify, to the end that oppression, injustice, and poverty shall eventually cease in the land.
--Excerpt from AP US History Released 2012, Question 1 - Document-Based Question, Document F
Which political party does this platform represent?