Answer:
A. They joined alliances to call for government action in support of farmers is the correct answer.
Explanation:
The farmers of the United States faces many problems in late 1800, the problems included low crop prices, high-interest rate, growing debt, and high transportation costs. To deal with these issues they organized themselves and formed political parties, granges, and cooperatives. Granges helped farmers in dealing with high railroad charges while the cooperatives helped the farmers by pooling their crops and by raising the prices they got for the crops. But none of them were able to solve their issues. so at last the farmers turned to a party called populist party.
Lewis begin his speech with humor to engage the audience and to lighten the mood of the audience.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Michael Lewis began his speech with a sense of humor at the Princeton University and asked the students to give themselves a round of applause because he wanted the students to feel that they had achieved something for which they were being recognized.
He wanted the students to feel that they had worked hard to have been graduating and never forget what they had learned. In his speech, he also wanted to tell the students that they had been lucky enough to have been prepared for jobs in the market whereas when he graduated he was not ready or prepared for a job.
