WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Which individual would be most likely to support the Populist Movement?
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a farmer on the Great Plains
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an African American sharecropper
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a newly arrived immigrant at Ellis Island
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a business owner in New York City
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One of the Populist Party’s central goals was to create a coalition between farmers in the South and West and urban laborers in the Midwest and Northeast. In the latter regions, the Populists received the support of union officials like Knights of Labor leader Terrence Powderly and railroad organizer Eugene V.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Populists were an agrarian-based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country’s farmers and agrarian workers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: The farmers in the Midwest were attracted by the Populist because of their denunciation of the gold standard and corporations especially railroad companies.
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