Motive is usually used to explain why a person acted or refused to act in a certain way
State of mind is some one’s emotional state / mood that he/she is feeling
<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct two responses would be that massive amounts of resources were taken away from other economic sectors, and that the government failed to properly "guess" the proper production quotas. </span></span>
The Populists demanded an increase in the circulating currency which was to be achieved by the unlimited coinage of silver, government ownership of the railroads to prevent monopolies, the direct election of U.S. senators, and other measures designed to strengthen political democracy and give the farmers economic parity with the larger business powerhouse.
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