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Economic Conditions
Decreases in crop prices and crop failures in the 1880s bred economic discontent among farmers that led to the formation of the Populists.
The Granger Movement
The Granger movement was founded in 1867 to advance the social and economic interests of rural farmers.
The Farmer's Alliance
The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among U.S. farmers that flourished in the 1880s.
The Populist Movement
The Populist Party arose after the Granger movement and Farmers' Alliances began to decline.