Because farmers hoped that they would have a better and easier life for their families. There were more jobs in cities
By the end of the Civil War, C. the South's economy had been destroyed.
North had won and destroyed everything good in South as a result of this War. South had to rebuild its economy after the war, which took a long time to do.
<span>Sharecroppers were unable to pay off debts and fell deeper into debt. The weight of the debt
bound the sharecropper to the landowner as completely as they had been bound by slavery.
Farmers in the Midwest formed granges and those in the West and South established Farmers'
Alliances. These groups bargained for farmers as labor unions bargained for workers. The Alliances
soon evolved into the Populist Party. Highlights of the party platform include government
regulation and ownership of railroads, coinage of silver to produce inflation, and loans to farmers.</span>
The Marshall plan gave economic aid to the third world countries making them democratic instead of communist
What made him so famous was he was a preacher that was capable of commanding thousands on two continents through the sheer power of his oratory. He preached at least 18,000 times to 10 million hearers.
