History of the United States II / Unit 5 USH2 0616 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Farmers' Grievances
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The idea
Farmers faced falling crop prices, tariffs on what they bought, high railroad rates, a tight currency, and above all overproduction, which drove prices lower.
In practice
Digital History's comparison: farmers earning less from twenty-four million acres of cotton in eighteen ninety-four than from nine million in eighteen seventy-three.
Where people slip
Unit two's railroad rates are paid off here.
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