Describe the primary goals of the Farmers' Alliance and evaluate the success of the Alliance in achieving its goals

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. One goal was credit reform because farmers wanted better access to credit.
2. The Alliance wanted better oversight of the railroads and reforms of rates.
3. The Alliance wanted a subtreasury system so that they could borrow against their crops.
4. The Alliance had some success with alliances, but eventually they broke apart.
5. Some members of the Farmers' Alliance eventually organized into the Populist Party.

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