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Who started Shays' Rebellion?
Poor farmers who can't pay their dept
Which groups did populists appeal to most?
The Populist Party appealed strongly to farmers who were deep in debt and felt betrayed by the traditional political parties. It proposed a progressive income tax and would allow the free coinage of silver which appealed to many others.
Why did Hamilton's financial plan provoke so much opposition?
Farmers and Poor people believed that the national bank would make the rich richer and would not help the poor people progress. It favored the wealthy people.
Who stood to gain the most from Pinckney's Treaty (1795)?
western farmers
Which group of people was most supportive of government regulation of the railroad industry?
Farmers
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