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Which of the following best describes why the Farmers’ Alliances formed the Populist Party?
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in changing the crop-lien system and needed to form a national political party as a result.
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in maintaining cooperative businesses and needed to form a national political party as a result.
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result.
The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in reforming the sharecropping system and needed to form a national political party as a result.

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The Farmers’ Alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result.

Explanation: the Alliances sought economic and political reforms (regulation of railroads, inflationary money policy, subtreasury plan, etc.) but found existing parties unresponsive, so they created the Populist (People’s) Party to push those national policy goals.