The following all contributed to the populist "revolt" except:

a) protective tariffs made the items farmers needed more expensive.
b) maintaining the gold standard for our currency resulted in low farm prices.
c) the inability to get homestead acts passed to provide cheap land in the west.
d) the farmers could not get any real aid from either the democratic or republican parties.

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roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.