Farmers' Movement

Farmers' Movement

The Farmers Movement was, in American political history, the general name for a movement between 1867 and 1896 remarkable for a radical socio-economic propaganda that came from what was considered the most conservative class of American society. In this movement, there were three periods, popularly known as the Grange, Alliance and Populist movements.

Read more about Farmers' Movement:  The Grange, The Alliance, The Populists, Influence

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