What goals did the various farmers' alliances have and what goals did they actually achieve?
Answer:
An ideal answer will:
1. Discuss the need for organization of the alliances: exploitation of farmers by railroads, merchants, storehouse operators, etc.
2. Discuss economic goals: cheaper farm tools, reasonable transportation and storage costs, abuses of the credit system towards farmers.
3. Discuss political goals: creation of local granges and nationalization of a political party with the Populists.
4. Discuss successes: review the successes of placing politicians in state and national offices, silver platform, and temporary changes of railroads and warehouse operators towards farmers.
5. Discuss failures: failure to have a political candidate elected as president, failure to have a unified political front, failure to have a common platform.
6. Write a concise and effective conclusion on the cause and effect of the farmer's alliance movement.
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