During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern ...

[sabina]

During the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party because
 
  a. they did not think the Populists represented their political interests.
  b. they were not experiencing the same hard times as Midwestern farmers.
  c. the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks.
  d. they believed that too many Populists were former Republicans.
  e. they could not accept the Populists' call for government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephones.

Question 2

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's rulings almost single-handedly shaped constitutional interpretation
 
  a. toward strict adherence to the literal text of the Constitution.
  b. upholding individual civil liberties.
  c. tipping the balance of power between Congress and the president toward the president.
  d. toward favoring nationalistic centralism and curbing the powers of popularly elected state legislatures in national political and economic affairs.
  e. in the direction of states' rights over the federal government.

[Mochi]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d