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The debt-ridden farmers found the populist and greenback parties back in the late 1800's
Yeoman farmers made up most of the Southern white society in the 1800s. Yeoman farmers owned small farms and sometimes had other farmers working for them.
Mary Elizabeth"Ellen" Lease was a Populist Orator, she gave public speeches about the lack of respect that farmers had around te 1800s. Her most famous quote is that farmers should " rise less corn and more hell." SHe livedin Kansas and joined the People's (Populist) Party and was so powerful and emotional speaker.
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Democracy spread in the early 1800s as more people became active in politics. Many of these people lived in the nwe western states. In these mostly rural areas, a political rally could be as simple as neighboring farmers meeting to talk about the issues of the day.