Author Question: What was the principal problem America's farmers encountered in the decades following the Civil War? ... (Read 124 times)

ssal · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

Recently, a violent conflict of holocaust dimensions between the minority Tutsis and the Hutu majority occurred in

a. Zimbabwe and Zambia.
b. Uganda and Ethiopia.
c. Rwanda and Burundi.
d. Nigeria and the Congo.
e. South Africa and Angola.

Question 2

What was the principal problem America's farmers encountered in the decades following the Civil War?

What will be an ideal response?

xiazhe · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 11, 2019

Answer 1

c

Answer 2

Rapid industrialization of the economy created a crisis in agriculture. The introduction of machinery, such as the reaper, produced higher crop yields, which drove down prices. Lower prices for farm commodities prompted farmers to produce more, which worsened the deflationary spiral facing agriculture. At first, through the Granges, farmers attempted to work through the political system by successfully lobbying for laws that regulated the prices that railroads could charge them to ship commodities. Good students will go further and describe the organization of the Greenback Party, which attempted to channel the frustration felt by farmers concerning the corruption of the two-party system. The Greenback Party organized itself around the politics of inflation, and although it ultimately failed, it did bring attention to the money question and farmers' problems, which laid the groundwork for the future independent political mobilization of farmers.