4. Which statement best describes the impact of the populist Movement on the role of
the federal government in American society?
A Populists represented the last challenge to unregulated capitalism in the United States.
B Populists influenced the federal government to take on some responsibility for public welfare.
C Populists brought an end to deflationary currency standards and made paper money an
acceptable form of exchange.
D Populists led the federal government to shift its focus to support trade policies that helped
farmers over industrialists.

b. andrew

some american cities felt workers were being oppressed by business monopolies

monopolies  came to the united states with the colonial administration. the large-scale public works needed to make the new world hospitable to old world immigrants required large companies to carry them out. these companies were granted exclusive contracts for these works by the colonial administrators. even after the american revolution, many of these colonial holdovers still functioned due to the contracts and land

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the ottoman empire was dwindling and two large to manage

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