The Populist Party supportedGroup of answer choicesno regulation of the prices that railroads charged farmers to transport their crops.“sub-treasuries,” government-owned warehouses that stored farmers’ crops and gave farmers credit until farm prices rose.the abolition of the progressive income tax.government ownership of every farm in the USA and the formation of agricultural “communes.”

What did the Populist Party believe about the income tax system in the country?The poor were paying too many taxes.The middle class were not being taxed enough.The rich were not paying enough taxes.The rich were paying too many taxes.

The Populist Party wanted to establish which of the following?Military reformOpen ballot electionsNational ownership of railroadsIndirect elections of U.S. senators

Identify the key regional experiences of farmers in the South and the West and which experiences they had in common.Drag each item on the left to its matching item on the right.mainly relied on sharecropping and tenant farmingbelieved their plight was caused by high freight rates charged by railroad companies and excessive interest rates on loans.interruptions to cotton exportation led many farmers to go into debt and threatened them with the loss of their landblamed the fiscal policies of the federal government for driving down farm prices.mortgaged land to purchase equipment, seed, and fertilizerfarmers in the Westfarmers in the Southfarmers in both regions

Gilded Age farmers caught in a “debt squeeze” would have favored WHICH ONE of the following?Group of answer choicesDeflationary policies that lowered the prices for farm machinery and landA cash-free economy based on the barter systemInflationary policies to expand the nation's money supply and raise crop pricesThe gold standard, because that’s what the “Money Power” favored

Government intervention in agriculture usually involvesGroup of answer choicesPrice supports in order to keep farm incomes highPrice supports in order to keep agricultural imports lowPrice ceilings in order to subsidize U.S. exportsPrice ceilings in order to keep food prices