What are 3 causes of the rise of the populist party and their effects?


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The populist party had a lot of bank ownership and would not lend out to farmers, also they tried to own railroads and phone services.

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The Populist movement arose primarily in response to the 1890 McKinley Tariff, a very high tariff that particularly hurt western and southern farmers who sold their harvests on unprotected markets but were forced to buy expensive manufactured goods. To protest the tariff, these farmers helped vote Republicans out of the House of Representatives.

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