1. American Populist Movement And Progressive Era
... and an eastern migration leaves substantial deterioration in population. Still, many farmers stayed and toiled with failing crops, low crop prices, debt, and high taxes. Lawrence Goodwyn described the ominous tone of the frontier: "In this region unrest and discontent prevailed, and the grievances that later found statement in the Populist creed smoldered for a season, finally to break forth in a program ... . The Alliance worked to sponsor cooperative systems that would help farmers escape crop lien system; a system Lawrence Goodwyn describes results in, "humiliating conditions of life ...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate
