Correct answer is: D. worked together to keep control of the us in the hands of the wealthy.
Populists were agrarian workers and farmers who protested against government policies and those of bankers and industrialists. In 1873, agriculture prices were extremely low. The Populists believed that the government’s money policy was determined and controlled by Eastern bankers and Industrialists. The populists believed that landowners, bankers and political parties conspired to maintain control over the US and exempt the workers and poor.
The Populists founded their own party, the Populist Party. The Populists began to run for election.
According to some, the populist party emerged in 1890 as a vital party in both the Southern United States of America and the Western United States. It eventually collapsed.