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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The triangular trade route or the Silk Road
Large US companies had a lot of sugar cane farms in Cuba
A. foreshadowing because sensory details are touch,taste,sound,see,smell; and you can't do the majority of those with this passage. Also, there isn't a metaphor in this.