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During the 19th century farmers ran into many hardships and difficulties. ... Industrial Expansionism during the late 19th century was the farmers’ main problem; it led up to a few discoveries which would hurt them. ...
Though many other people in the country were making more money then they have ever before, this was not true for the farmers. ... (The Progressive Farmer)
It was believed to be due to the low price they received for their produce that the farmers languished. ... The lack of money, of course would be the farmers’ main grievance, but many other reasons flowed together to create this time of hardship.
Farmers wanted to find someone to blame for the extreme difficulty they were in. ... The banks caused difficulties for the farmers basically by their rather high charge of interest rates. The farmers believed the railroads to be evil monopolistic monsters, who took advantage of the little guy, knowing that they depended on the rails for transportation. The farmers took protest to the high rates for shipping their small amounts of goods. ... As farmers moved west they relied on railroads for shipping immensely, as well as getting their manufactured goods (Mississippi History Now).
The farmers blamed the falling of prices on another group of people, the National Government. ... By ceasing the use of silver as money they made it more difficult for the farmers to thrive.
Approximate Word count = 1104
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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