In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, midwestern farmers were confronted with
a. a mounting worldwide surplus of agricultural products.
b. their own inability to increase production.
c. a growing unavailability of farm machinery.
d. a highly inflated currency that worsened their indebtedness.
a
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