The growth of industrialism sparked the emergence of the Populist Party. Populists opposed the concentrated capital of large businesses and banks and criticized the negative affects of industrialization on America. They thought that industrialization widened the gap between the rich and poor by stealing the "fruits of the toils" of the "plain people"in order "to build up the colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind." The working class was payed less in order to benefit the wealthy. As a progressive party, The Populist Party wanted to end "oppression, injustice, and poverty", and for there to be "equal rights and equal privileges securely established for all" people in America.
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