The Early Populist Campaign to Create a Coalition of Poor

question 32

Multiple Choice

The early Populist campaign to create a coalition of poor white and poor black farmers resulted in

• A) a racist backlash that eliminated black voting in the South through the widespread use of literacy tests and poll taxes to deny blacks the ballot.
• B) the transformation of white Populist political leader Tom Watson into a fervent civil rights leader.
• C) an alignment of wealthy Bourbon whites with moderate blacks.
• D) a long-term political coalition between poor white and poor black farmers being sustained for many years.
• E) the emergence of Republican political power and the breakdown of Democratic political power in the South.

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