What is one reason the author includes information about the failed presidential candidates ran by the Greenback parties? a
to emphasize changes already occurring on a national level across the United States
b
to explain why the Populist Party Party addressed a wider range of issues
c
to show that people in urban areas did not support Greenback candidates
d
to highlight the efforts of Populists to change the monetary system

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

"a shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace. a major cause of the internment of japanese americans during world war ii was. racial prejudice. in the early 1940's, the "destroyers-for-military-bases deal" with great britain and the lend-lease act were evidence that the united states."

polticians and sentates thought to annoucne the fialre of articles of confedartion by making a centralized nation as a hole