RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
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Which issues led to the organization of the Populist Party?
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the desire to lift the burden of debt from farmers and other workers
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the collapse of the Second Bank of the US
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an increase in immigration
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limited availability of land in the West for use by new farmers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Decreases in crop prices and crop failures in the 1880s bred economic discontent among farmers that led to the formation of the Populists. Low inflation and a scarcity of paper money increased farmers’ debt burden during the 1880s, while decreasing real wages and crop prices.
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