The organization of farmers that agitated for laws regulating railroads in the 1870s was called the

a. Farm Bureau.
b. Farmers’ Federation.
c. Patrons of Husbandry.
d. Knights of the Soil.
e. Farmers' Union.


ANS: C

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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