Workers in the Industrial Era

Question 1

How did railroads help farmers in the late 1800s?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They helped farmers transport their goods to wider markets.

Question 2

The Grange and Farmers’ Alliances differed in

Revolt · Accepted Answer

their commitment to political action.

Question 3

How did railroads hurt farmers in the late 1800s?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They used unfair business practices and charged high shipping rates.

Question 4

The Grange and Farmers’ Alliances were similar in that they

Revolt · Accepted Answer

sought to improve the lives of farmers.

Question 5

The sharecropping system and the crop-lien system were both attempts to

Revolt · Accepted Answer

address problems facing farmers after the Civil War.

Question 6

Both the sharecropping system and the crop-lien system

Revolt · Accepted Answer

often led to debt for farmers and landowners.

Workers in the Industrial Era Answers