I suppose it made the free states and slave states in some way even. When Missouri became a slave state they kept the north end of the Louisiana purchase free stated and banned slavery there.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Farmers in the Middle West and the South formed a coalition that supported changes in the economy of the United States. It was known as the Farmer's Alliance and was formed in the 1880s by farmers that had economic problems and their voice was not being heard by the government. So in 1892, they formed thePeople's Party also known as the Populist Party, to help farmers to help overcome problems such as falling prices of crops and low credit support.
