USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Grange, also known as the Patrons of Husbandry, was organized in 1867 to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families. By the early 1870s there were more than one million members.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hoping to bring more pressure to bear on politicians and business owners, the regional alliances united together in the national groups. The Farmers’ Alliances grew out of the Patrons of Husbandry. While the Grange was a more social organization, Farmers’ Alliances were much more politically active.

Detailed explanation-3: -Farmers’ Alliance, an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and ‘80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange, was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.