Which of the following was a factor that contributed to the formation of the people’s party in 1891?
farmers wanted to own their own banks and railroads.
farmers wanted well-paying jobs with large businesses.
farmers wanted higher commodity prices and shipping costs.
farmers wanted a political party that represented their interests.

The one that became a factor which contributed to the formation of people's party in 1891 was: Farmers wanted a political party that represented their interests.

But the party never able to obtain much supporters since they came off as lazy people who want to take people's wealth through taxes. Eventually, the party was merged into the democratic party only 4 years after it's established.

A factor that contributed to the formation of the People’s Party in 1891 is that farmers wanted a political party that represented their interests.

Further Explanations:

The People’s Party or the Populist Party arose somewhat during the 1890s as a central force in Southern and western parts of the United States. The party continued to function during the early 20th century but not ever gained as much popularity as it was having in the 1890s. The root of the party lies with the coalition of the party with Farmers’ alliance during the 19th century.  

The farmers during the era began to unite and defend their securities. Numerous landless tenants unified because of interest levied on them after taking the loans. These factors instituted the “Farmer’s Alliance” in 1876 in order to uproot the “Crop-lien” System. The alliance aided the poor agrarians and started a radical movement aiming at improving the situations of farmers. Being shielded by the “granges” and “Alliances of Farmers”, its policies were determined from the economic issues like intolerance and poverty. After achieving few feats at the local level the Populists instituted “National Political Party” in the late 1800s.

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Grade: High School

Subject: History

Chapter: People’s Party

Keywords:

Populists, workers , farmers, nation, granges, alliances of Farmers, economic issues, intolerance of religion, National Political Party, landless tenants, Farmer’s Alliance, Crop-lien

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