Author Question: In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party? A) It became the first third party in ... (Read 148 times)

Davideckstein7 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

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.

Question 2

How were blacks treated in the North during the late nineteenth century?

A) Public opinion sanctioned widespread de facto discrimination.
B) The influence of northern labor unions kept northern society racially integrated and equal.
C) Most Democratic politicians in northern cities used their political machines to make white supremacy the official policy.
D) The abolitionist legacy was still strong in the North and so most northerners continued to strive for an egalitarian society.
E) As a result of race riots and hard economic times, blacks were pressured to move to southern cities.