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How did farmers alliances change the way small farmers operated?

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they allowed farmers to band together against railroads and business interests. 
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Farmers' alliances allowed farmers to fight against railroads and corporate interests.

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During the 1880s, the Alliance of Farmers was created. By 1890, the Alliance had about 1.5 million members, ranging from New York State to California. A parallel organization, aimed at African Americans, the Black Alliance of Black Farmers, reached a membership of one million members.

Since its inception, the Alliance of Farmers has been composed of several political organizations with elaborate economic programs. According to an Alliance platformer, his organization's goal was to "unite US farmers for their protection against the political and economic elite." The Alliance also called for regulation - if not immediate nationalization - of railroads; by socio-economic aid programs - especially debt relief - to reduce tariffs and establish rural and commercial facilities by the US or state government, which could be rented at low prices to farmers.

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