Question

17 using sources 26 and 27, which conditions led to the rise of populism and the peoples party in the late 19th century? a many working - class americans believed the upper classes and large businesses held too much wealth and power in the u.s. b farmers in the midwest found success through the sharecropping system and pushed to protect and expand this economic system. c urban factory workers were attracted to populist ideas about protecting business from government interference. d populism grew in popularity through the churches and preachers who traveled the south and southwest.

Explanation:

Populism in the late 19th - century U.S. was driven by the working - class's resentment towards the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the upper classes and large businesses. Sharecropping was not a successful and favored system for farmers, urban factory workers generally wanted more government protection, and populism was not primarily spread through churches and preachers.

Answer:

A. Many working class Americans believed the upper classes and large businesses held too much wealth and power in the U.S.