One Consequence of the Populist Party's Appeal to Southern Voters

question 27

Multiple Choice

One consequence of the Populist Party's appeal to southern voters in 1892 was

• A) that it gave up trying to win the support of northern immigrants and industrial workers.
• B) its decision to back William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic presidential candidate, in 1896.
• C) the Republican Party's decision to spend $16 million on the 1896 presidential campaign.
• D) the Democrats' effort to disenfranchise the South's African Americans and poor white voters.

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