Posted by 4Chancey on September 27, 2011 at 10:32am
On this day, we picked up with Chapter 5 section 3. Here are the questions:Ch. 5.3:-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains? Prices started to fall for crops. Good soil became rare. Railroad services became expensive. They overproudced crops. Virtually no profits were made. After attempts to increase supply, they made less money. Greenbacks were put out of circulation. Debt became a problem. Sharing one railroad.-Who were the Populists and what did they believe in? A group of farmers who realized they needed to make changes to the political power. They believed they should raise prices for goods and services, have a graduated tax, and use a federal loan system, and Governmental Reforms: elections, single terms for president and vice-president, and secret ballots. They also elected 5 senators, 3 governors, and 1500 state legislators.After this, Mr. Bruns showed us how to get our presentations on the website.
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