In the 1892 Election, What Happened to the Populist Party

question 67

Multiple Choice

In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?

• A) It became the first "third party" in American history to win the presidency.
• B) It received over one million votes across the nation.
• C) It won by a large margin in New England and the traditionally Republican farm regions of the Midwest.
• D) It swept every state of the former Confederacy.
• E) It failed to elect its candidate for president, but received more votes than the Republican candidate.

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