Question

Identify three major problems faced by farmers after the Civil War. Explain how farmers organized to address these problems.

Answer 1

The three major problems faced by Farmers after civil war are followings:

Falling price.

High-Interest rates.

Rail-road owners

Step-by-step explanation:

• Farmers organized to address these problems by "Protest"

• The first rural protest came in the form of "Granger movement", Farmers demanded to regularized the rail-road Rate.

• After the failure of the Grange movement.

• Another major farmer protest was the "Farmers alliance", This alliance is a more political based organization.

• "Farmers alliance" is highly supported by the farmers during 1880 and it demands the government to hear the farmers plight.

Answer 2

Agriculture prices were expensive, cattle farming was expensive, and their land was destroyed are three major problems they faced after the Civil War. They addressed the expensive prices by switching to crop farming (plants/tobacco/cotton, etc.) and they had high interest rates with the banks. They also faced very high railroad prices to transport their goods and therefore boycotted this method of transportation.