What was a goal of the Populist movement?
2 answers:
Answer:
Explanation:
In the 19th century, the Populist movement began to help farmers. Let's analyze each answer choice.
<u>A. Graduated income tax </u>
The Populists did support this, because they believe the richer should contribute more.
B. Staying on the gold standard.
They did not want this, instead they hoped to switch to the silver standard to increase money supply and raise prices, especially on crops.
C. War with Spain
Populists didn't have specific ideals about war, plus there was no reason to fight Spain.
D. Higher taxes for farmers
They definitely didn't support this. The group was made up of mostly farmers and they wanted things like higher prices and government railroad ownership so they could make more money.
The best answer choice is A. graduated income tax
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