The Farmers' Alliance was originally formed to

A. drive up farm prices by reducing crop production.
B. advance agriculturally useful education in state land-grant colleges.
C. join poor black and white farmers in a political alliance to advance their similar economic interests.
D. undermine eastern bankers by providing low-cost loans to farmers.
E. break the economic grip of the railroads through farmers' cooperatives.


Answer: E

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