Why were speakers like lease and bryan popular with farmers in the 1890's?

Ordinary people who suffered under the harsh economic conditions became angry at what they saw as corruption among the global financial elite. Into this picture walked populists like Mary Lease and William Jennings Bryan, who appealed to the discontented farmers at a time when the U.S. economy was much more agrarian based than today.

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