It formed as an independent party after failing to persuade the Democratic Party to adopt its views.
It formed as an independent party after failing to persuade the Democratic Party to adopt its views. Organized after the depression of the 1870s, the farmers that formed this party believed the measures they advocated would allow them to pay off their massive debts and raise the prices of their crops. They ran their first candidate, Peter Cooper, for the presidency in 1876, but he received no electoral votes. FTP, identify this party formed in 1875 that adopted a platform of monetary policy based on bimetallism and a paper currency not backed by gold.
It formed as an independent party after failing to persuade the Democratic Party to adopt its views.
{Greenback} Party