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    1. a truly startling performance that signaled a bright future for the Populists. And when the Panic of 1893 sparked the worst economic depression the nation had ever yet seen, t

      The economic state of the world affected the emotions of Americans. Economic depression.

    2. The rise of industrial giants reshaped the American countryside and the Americans who called it home. Railroad spur lines, telegraph lines, and credit crept into farming communities and linked rural Americans,

      Who funded this? was it the government or was it the tax payers?

    3. f big business relied on its numerical strength to exert its economic will, why shouldn’t farmers unite to counter that power?

      what would happen to the farmers who stood up against this or united to fight the injustices? Was there any organizations?