What factors contributed to the downfall of the Populist Party? Use information from both "The Beginnings of Populism" and "Populism's Declining Influence" to identify cause and effect.

For quite a time, this Populist movement became successful, but it deteriorated gradually. There have been some explanations behind the Populist group 's downfall.

One explanation is about the working class 'needs as well as the growers' requirements. The farmers needed monetary and fiscal policy which would increase crop prices. They request the state to have places whereby farmers can store their stocks before agricultural prices increase.

Since the elections of 1896, the economy changed, another cause that harmed the Populist Party which contributed to its downfall. As a consequence, the monetary base, that had been a major trend of the Populist Party, had little need to raise.

sense of self-interest