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AP U.S. History 1.3 Period 6: 1865-1898. Which of the following groups would be most likely to agree with the goals of the Populist Party?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Populist Party,

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the party for average kids by average kids.

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First up, the excerpt.

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[ mumbles ]

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[ mumbling continues ]

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All right, and now the question:

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Which of the following groups would be most likely to

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agree with the goals of the Populist Party?

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And here are your potential answers.

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[ mumbles ] All right.

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So what exactly was the Populist Party?

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Well, in the excerpt we see they advocated that

00:36

government shall be exercised only for the mutual benefit

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of all people,

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and that the public good is paramount to private interest.

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So let's keep that mission in mind as we look to the answers.

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Would the Populist Party have appealed to B -

00:50

bankers in New England?

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Well, that second part of the excerpt, "the public good

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is paramount to private interest" -

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that means the Populists were against the rise of corporate power.

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So bankers would not have been down with this particular party.

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That eliminates B.

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Did the Populist Party appeal to C - American Indians in the Midwest?

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Well, actually, the Populist Party focused primarily on the average Joes,

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which means it had to disregard minority groups

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with specialized interests, and that's where the Indians came from, so...

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forget both C, well, and D.

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Which means that the Populist Party would have most appealed to A -

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farmers in the South.

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It wasn't just bankers that the Populists

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hated, it was also the large-scale agriculture

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taking over the region, eliminating the

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single-family farms that had been in place for generations.

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So A is our winner. With this "average Joe" message,

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the Populist Party had some big wins

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from 1892 to 1896,

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partnering with the Democrats

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to elect governors across the country.

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Looks like those farmers really were party animals.

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[ pig snorting ]

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