The Early Populist Campaign to Create a Coalition of Poor

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.