What group of people would have been most likely to become populists?

a. businesspeople who had made great fortunes

b. leaders who made laws for important cities

c. teachers who hoped to improve their schools

d. farmers who received little money for their work?

It would actually be the very poor farmers would would be the group of people would have been most likely to become populists. Many people felt like these people would get no where, but the majority of them were actually the many people would then became populists. Your correct answer would then be the last option: farmers who received little money for their work