The populist party sought to increase the power of
a. textile workers.
b. industrial unions.
c. agricultural workers.
d. immigrant populations.

The Populist Party started as a party dedicated to securing more rights for agricultural workers (farmers). Of particular concern was the issue of what they perceived as unfair shipping rates imposed on farmers by the railroad industry and supported by politicians. Their base eventually widened to include workers who considered themselves disaffected by the political climate.

two months after his defeat of napoleon bonaparte's colonial forces, jean-jacques dessalines proclaims the independence of saint-domingue, renaming it haiti after its original arawak name. in 1791, a slave revolt erupted on the french colony, and toussaint-louverture, a former slave, took control of the rebels.

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.