What 3rd party formed during the late 1800’s

The Populist Party -- officially named The People's Party

The People's Party (more often referred to as the Populist Party) was formed  in 1892.  The goal of the party was to represent common people over against the interests of big business, bankers, railroads ... and the politicians who served those corporate interests.   The People's Party existed till 1908.  Its strongest period of influence was from 1892 to 1896.  It merged into the Democratic Party in 1896, though a small portion of the group retained its active, independent status till 1908.  The Populists' original base of support came mainly from farmers, and then they allied also with the labor movement in the USA.  The New Deal policies put into place by the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s echoed the issues and demands the Populist Party previously had emphasized.

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

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