Question

The Granger movement emerged in the 1870s as a result of __________________________.

• A. The lack of regulations of trusts and monopolies.
• B. The frustration Civil War veterans had over the lack of social programs to help them re-establish themselves as workers.
• C. The efforts to help women gain the right to vote.
• D. Businesses' frustrations over low tariffs.
• E. Farmers' unhappiness with what they perceived as unfair treatment from the railroads.

Answer 1

The correct option is E Farmers' unhappiness with what they perceived as unfair treatment from the railroads.

The Granger Movement was founded by Oliver Hudson Kelly in 1867 to fight the monopolistic grain transport practices during the American civil war. It was also founded to promote the social and economic need of the farmers in US.