Which statement explains how farmers contributed to their own problems in the late 19th century ? a. political divisions between farmers who grew food crops and farmers who grew cash crops reduce the political power of farmers. b. a high level of productivity resulted in low crop prices that made farming less profitable. c. competition for the best land drove land prices up to a level where most farmers could not afford to expand their production. d. over reliance on chemicals fertilizers and pesticides resulted in a short-term gains but reduced the productivity of farmland

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The problems facing the farmer of the late 19th Century were very broad. They ranged from falling crop prices to unfair treatment by the railroads, and also the fight to have silver coined as money, an effort to increase the value of a dollar. These problems encouraged the production of the Populist Party, whose goals were to bring improvement to the agricultural society. First off, the most critical problem being battled by the farmers was that of dropping crop values.

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the lowest among the social higher rank were the working class. this class remained detached to the political progression   of the country and was hostile to the other two classes