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Major economic challenge faced by American farmers in the mid to late 1800s?

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Falling crop prices

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What was the main purpose of the Grange movement?

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To support farmers through education and cooperative buying

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Which invention most directly helped American farmers increase their productivity in the late 1800s?

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The steel plow

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What was the main goal of the Populist Party formed by farmers in the late 1800s?

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To regulate railroad rates and increase money supply

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"Deflation" as it relates to the economic challenges of farmers in the late 1800s.

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A decrease in the general price level of goods

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Farmers in the late 1800s often blamed which group for their economic difficulties?

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Railroad companies

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How did the overproduction of crops affect American farmers in the late 1800s?

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It caused crop prices to fall

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Explain how the use of railroads both helped and hurt American farmers in the late 1800s.

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Helped by providing cheap transportation, hurt by charging high rates

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Response by farmers to economic challenges in the late 1800s?

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Forming cooperatives to buy supplies and sell crops

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Why did many farmers support the idea of "free silver" in the late 1800s?

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They thought it would raise crop prices and make it easier to pay debts

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