Chapter 20: Political Realignments in the 1890s

Chapter 20: Political Realignments in the 1890s focuses on:
 * The party system
 * Republicans and Populists
 * An economic Depression

Section Headings

 * 1) Introduction: Hardship and Heartache (573)
 * 2) Politics of Stalemate (574)
 * 3) The Party Deadlock (574)
 * 4) Experiments in the States (575)
 * 5) Reestablishing Presidental Power (576)
 * 6) Republicans in Power: The Billion-Dollar Congress (577)
 * 7) Tariffs, Trusts, and Silver (578)
 * 8) The 1890 Elections (579)
 * 9) The Rise of the Populist Movement (579)
 * 10) The Farm Problem (579)
 * 11) The Fast-Growing Farmers' Alliance (580)
 * 12) The People's Party (582)
 * 13) The Crisis of the Depression (583)
 * 14) The Panic of 1893 (583)
 * 15) Coxey's Army and the Pullman Strike (584)
 * 16) The Miners of the Midwest (585)
 * 17) A Beleaguered President (586)
 * 18) Breaking the Party Deadlock (587)
 * 19) Changing Attitudes (587)
 * 20) "Everybody Works But Father" (588)
 * 21) Changing Themes in Literature (589)
 * 22) The Presidential Election of 1896 (590)
 * 23) The Mystique of Silver (590)
 * 24) The Republicans and Gold (590)
 * 25) The Democrats and Silver (590)
 * 26) Campaign and Election (594)
 * 27) The McKinley Administration (595)
 * 28) Conclusion: A Decade's Dramatic Changes (597)