During the 1892 Presidential Election, Large Numbers of Southern White

Multiple Choice

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.