This resource is provided for by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. It discusses how the late 1800s was a time of economic and agrarian distress for many farmers in the US. Facing tremendous as a result of their dependence on railroads and manufactured goods, farmers eventually organized to address their growing economic and agricultural problems. Follow the history of farmers' organizations from the Grange chapters to the Farmers' Alliance to the birth of the Populist Party.