Answer:
The correct answer is "Accusations of bribery against the Grant Administration."
Explanation:
I believe the answer is: B.Helping farmers fight for better prices
At that time, the feeling of dissatisfaction started to grow among the farmers because they believe that they had been chated by the Merchants who only willing to give extremely low prices for their agricultural product.
They establish the farmer's alliance to collectively fight for better prices and eliminate supplies to the merchants that are not willing to re-negotiate a new term with them.
Everyone in the town was very religious. God was part of their everyday lives. When rumors of witchcraft spread, paranoia spread with it. The people were afraid and sought to place blame. The fear of the devil in these god worshipping people led to irrational decisions in the trials. They did not know who to believe and ended up executing many people, most of them innocent.