Author Question: What was the result of the popularity of the Populist Party among blacks in the South? A) Blacks ... (Read 56 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Aug 9, 2018

What was the result of the popularity of the Populist Party among blacks in the South?

A) Blacks were able to gain substantial numbers of political offices and dominate politics in the South.
B) Since blacks were completely excluded from formal participation in politics, they could not vote for Populists.
C) Southerners realized that blacks were a potent political force and that they would have to share power politically.
D) It heightened fears of white southerners that African Americans might gain political power.

Question 2

What view did the white farmers' alliances have of black voting?

A) They fully supported blacks voting in all cases.
B) They did not think that blacks should vote, but ironically encouraged them to vote for certain candidates.
C) They thought that blacks should be only agricultural workers and should not participate in politics.
D) They were a white supremacist organization, devoted to terrorism like the Klan, and wanted to keep all blacks from voting.