Explain the Relative Decline in the Importance of Agriculture in the American

question 12

Essay

Explain the relative decline in the importance of agriculture in the American economy in the late nineteenth century. In what ways was the farmers' protest based primarily on their economic woes, and to what extent was it a protest against the loss of an older American way of life based on agriculture and small towns?

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