How Did Populism Affect The Economy Of The 19th Century

Through the end of the 19th centaury as the economy of the America continuously declined, the working American class suffered a lot due to immigration, competition and worse working conditions. The farmers struggled a lot with competition and immigration. They went through such problems as: Unaffordable technologies, downfall of the crop prices, poor land maintenance and, expensive transportation. Changes were brought about by Olive Hudson who tempted to educate the farmers into the creation of unions that would sponsor their legislation. The populism movement which was known as the people’s party at the time was created to inquire governmental equalities between the rich and the poor (Working Class Americans). The populism party also wanted