The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"…Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world;our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value,which must,within a few weeks or months,be exchanged for billions of dollars' worth of commodities consumed in their production…We believe that the power of government -in other words,of the people-should be expanded… as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of experience shall justify,to the end that oppression,injustice,and poverty shall eventually cease in the land…."
Preamble of the Populist Platform,1892
-Which of the following is true of the Populist Party?

A) Their candidate for President was elected in 1896.
B) The government needed to have more control in the politics and economics of the country.
C) They promoted workers to go on strike for better working conditions.
D) They would eventually merge with the Socialist Party.