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D. The German Americans living in the Hill Country formed their own military and claimed it was to protect themselves from Native American attacks.
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So a railroad from Chicago to the West Coast could be built.
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it had millions of members, to add issues they had raised to its platform
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The Populist Party raised issues in the 1896 election that the Democratic Party embraced in its campaign. This was a smart strategy for the Democrats because the Populist movement had grown to over 1 million people. The Democrats could not afford to lose that many votes. By embracing Populist issues, they encouraged Populist Party members to vote for their candidate. Populists wanted the US Treasury to back the dollar with a ratio of 16 parts gold to 1 part silver so it could print more currency.
