2/4 Class Flashcards
Populists
argue that the old parties took up Laissez faire
they did not like Laissez Faire
wanted inflation
were made into the national peoples party
william allen white
wrote what is the matter with kansas
election of 1896
william jennings bryan (D) William Mckinley (R)
william jennings bryan
idle holders of capital vs the struggling masses that produce the wealth
gave gold cross speech
Mark Hanna
he helped campaign for Mckinley
making of modern advertising
people advertise
consumerism and a new consumer society
people believed advertising was wrong.
consumerism is when people become consumers
1660s tulip mania
people grew tulips
gendered nature of the new consumerism
once you become a consumer, you can’t go back
Franklin and Thrift
people should save, thrift is good
selling miss consumer
they wrote a book about how girls should shop, girls are consumers
women’s magazines
culture shifted to women’s shopping
Frank Baum
wrote wizard of Oz, wrote art of decorating lazying blank goods windowing and interiors
Ladies Mile
in New York, where woman would buy goods
mania for kleptomania
where women would steal from stores