Which of the following best describes why the farmers’ alliances formed the populist party?
a) the farmers’ alliances were not successful in changing the crop-lien system and needed to form a national political party as a result. b) the farmers’ alliances were not successful in maintaining cooperative businesses and needed to form a national political party as a result. c) the farmers’ alliances were not successful in influencing national farm policy in favor of farmers and needed to form a national political party as a result. d) the farmers’ alliances were not successful in reforming the sharecropping system and needed to form a national political party as a result.