The farmers’ alliances shunned the political system, emphasizing instead education and organization. a) were created to replace grange associations. b) had more effective and better-managed cooperatives than the grange movement. c) sought a closer working relationship with banks than had the grange movement. d) were far more widespread than the grange movement.

d) Were far more widespread than the Grange movement.

Explanation:

The Granger movement was a farming coalition that aimed to fight against the monopolistic grain transport practices, initially, the Farmers Alliance was a part of the Grange movement but it grew out of it.

The Farmers Alliance became more organized than its main roots, the Alliance was organized into state groups and they gained importance because of the aftermath of the Civil War problems. They set up cooperative stores to sell the goods produced by its members, they established cooperative mills and storehouses.

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