Why was the Populist Party supported by many American farmers in the late 1800s? Populists supported the gold standard, believing that less paper money would increase the value of agricultural goods.

Populists advocated federal government intervention to counter economic challenges that many farmers faced.

The Populist Party was largely controlled by bankers and landowners who were sensitive to the needs of the small farmer.

The Populist Party supported the expansion of private railroads for the transportation of agricultural goods.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

a system of cooperative federalism emerged, as the powers of the federal government expanded.

it met the katy line in vinita.

iv. it traveled through cherokee and quapaw tribal lands.