Question

2. In what way did Farmers' Alliances help farmers solve their problems?

Answer 1

Answer:

They formed cooperatives to push prices up and push down the costs

of doing business.- A

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is letter "A".

Farmers' Alliance help farmers solve their problems by forming cooperatives to push prices up and push down the costs of doing business.

Explanation:

Farmers' Alliance was an active agrarian movement in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s. This alliance sought to improve the economic conditions of farmers and some of its strategies were the creation of cooperatives. In cooperatives they sold products at lower prices than other commercial stores. They also set up warehouses in order to help lower prices so that farmers could bring their products to market.

At the end of the 19th century, in the Midwest and West of the United States, agriculture was affected by several factors. One of them was the severe drought and another the high prices for the storage and transportation of agricultural products. As if that weren't enough, the interest rates on the loans they had to do to continue work were very high. They decided to join and form associations to face these problems.

In the south, the consequences of the Civil War caused problems in the field of agriculture. Many people who worked the fields did not own the land where they worked and for this reason, they had large debts to the landowners. Small producers found it increasingly difficult to borrow at interest rates that were payable for them.