The populism movement took hold because the use of the gold standard was causing many people to lose money - especially farmers. Farmers were having a lot of trouble because there were no regulations put in place to help them not produce too much it too little. Also, the populism movement promoted the regulation of railroad prices. That way, farmers could ship their produce at cheaper price points.
The answer is the third one: it promoted reforms to help struggling farmers
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the compromise agreed on three fifths state slaves in apportioning representatives, president electors and direct taxes
