So what did Russia feel they had to do to prove themselves?

b: the exchange of coined money

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.

b. introduce the core ideas of the new government.