Question

In a paragraph, trace the economic and political impact of farmers' movements in the late 1800s.

Answer 1

Answer:

Below are some of the economic and political effects of the farmers movement in the late 1800s.

Explanation:

• During this time, there were three periods, that is;

1. Grange
2. Alliance
3. Populist

• The farmers movement let to a number of changes in the political and economic trends. Some of them are;
• The Grange movement had a mission to do away with the exploitation in the rail roads, they accomplished this through trying to work together with the rail roads so that they could get rebate for transporting their crops. They also achieved in raising the prices of crops through pulling together their produce which then gave them a say.
• Despite the fact that the populist movement did not achieve much, they made a milestone in educating farmers about their rights which resulted to the farmers being given the first grants and the encoding of their rights.
• The farmers alliance made a milestone through helping the farmers to operate their own mills and gins thereby helping them save the extra money that could have been exploited.
• They manipulated the political class role of decision making to, this in turn let to changes like, letting farmers operate free gins and mills, this further helped in the economic gain of farmers through increased savings from their produce.