The Populist Party originally was opposed to big business. Some of the first members were farmers. The party's platform was based off of the principles that they supported such as unions, workers snf the basic rights of people. They supported an increase in government power. One of the ways they supported this was by having the government own railroads. Overall, the Populist Party promoted the rights of the people by railing against corruption in businesses.
I connected this to the Knights of Labor, because the Populist Party was a major supporter of Unions, and the Knights of Labor were one of the first union organizations in the United States
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