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"American farming is growing less profitable and less encouraging.In a country possessing so many faculties of cheap production this discouraging aspect of agriculture must be and is the result of other than natural causes.The annual additions of wealth under the enlightened system of agriculture are enormous,but from the unequal divisions of the profits of labor and the unjust discriminations made against it,the enlistments of property show that the farmers of the United States are not prospering…The farmers of America have on all occasions shown themselves to be a patient and enduring people…"
13 th National Meeting of the Grange,1868
-Which of the following developments did movements like the Grange most directly contribute to?

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The excerpt mentions "the unjust discriminations made against [agriculture]" and "unequal divisions of the profits of labor," suggesting that farmers were facing challenges in selling their products at fair prices. Movements like the Grange organized farmers to resist the control of agricultural markets by railroad companies, who were charging high rates for transportation and storage of agricultural products. This ultimately led to the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act, which regulated railroad rates and prohibited discriminatory practices. The excerpt does not mention any direct contribution to the creation of mechanized grain reapers or the rise of the Know-Nothing Party.

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