The Populist Partya. was begun by a coalition of railroad owners, bankers, and other industrialists. b. adopted most of the goals of the National Grange and Farmers' Alliance. c. won the presidential election of 1892. d. failed to elect a single candidate to a national office.

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The Populist Partya. was begun by a coalition of railroad owners, bankers, and other industrialists. b. adopted most of the goals of the National Grange and Farmers' Alliance. c. won the presidential election of 1892. d. failed to elect a single candidate to a national office.

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Julianna Andersen · Answer 1

B is the correct option.

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The populist party is also known as the Populist Party. It was the late 19th-century party in the United States. It emerged in early 1890's as an important party in Southern and the western US. The party collapsed in 1896. A faction of the party continued in the first decades of the twentieth century.

The major supporters of the party were Farmers alliance and the Greenback Party. In 1892 the party won 8.2 percent of popular votes.