Question

(MC)This quote is from Farmer's Alliance member Mary Elizabeth Lease in the late 1800s: "The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master. . . . The politicians said we suffered from overproduction. Overproduction, when 10,000 little children, so statistics tell us, starve to death every year in the United States. . . . We will stand by our homes and stay by our fireside by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us."

Based on this quote, with which statement would Lease agree?

Answer 1

Answer:

The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master.

Explanation:

Mary Elizabeth Lease was a political activist who take part in many movement against the government. In 1888, she start her political carer and start work for the Union Labor Party. She said that the common people who work in factories are the wage slaves and all the power are in hands of Wall street and control the country. She also believed that the government is not here to serve the common people but the Wall street.