USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

GILDED AGE POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most significant third party in the 1890s that wanted to break the power of bankers and industrialists was the
A
American Party
B
Farmer’s Alliance
C
Populist Party
D
Agrarianite Party
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, also known as the Southern Farmers’ Alliance, or simply the Farmers’ Alliance, would become the core organization of the Populist movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Efforts by farmers to bring economic and political change within the Bourbon-controlled Democratic Party seemed hopeless. This led Mississippi farmers to turn to and support the newly created Populist Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Populist Movement ultimately failed to survive because of their desire for inflation and the support for the coinage of silver, as well as the fact that they merged with the Democratic Party to combat the Republicans.

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