Identify the causes of the rise of the populist party and the effects the party had.

The Populist Party is a protest from farmers in the South and MidWest against the Democratic and Republican countries for taking for granted their difficulties and struggles. A lot of farmers suffered from crop failures, poor facilities and marketing and has been buried in debts due to drought and other calamities. All these struggles fueled with anger to all railroads, money lenders and to those who contributed to their misery led the farmers to protest. In the long run, the Populist Party fused with the Democratic Party and soon disappeared as one political force.