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Context for Industrial Capitalism
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APUSH.179 Context for Industrial Capitalism
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Which context best helps explain why many farmers joined Populist movements in the 1890s?
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Farmers were isolated from banks, railroads, and distant commodity prices
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Populists mainly protested the absence of commercial agriculture
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Farmers were integrated into rail, credit, and commodity markets where freight rates, debt, and price swings could threaten independence
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Industrial capitalism gave farmers complete control over railroad rates and currency policy
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