The rulers of Italy before the Romans were the "Etruscans", although it should be noted that the Etruscan dominance of the region was not even close to the Romans' in terms of power and political nature.
Expanded and easier to live and farm and grow.
Answer: it attempted to weaken political influence exerted by the leaders of the established National parties.
Explanation: Populist party nominated candidates based on merit.
The belief generally led to bills that supported people who decided to
move out west. Thus, many people moved out west, which led directly to
Indians loosing land, Mexico loosing lands, and indirectly the
California Gold rush, and many many other things.
- they were using violence to reign
- huge military resources
- used religion to establish their positions as rulers