The Conservative White Bourbon Democrats of the South Largely Succeeded

The conservative white Bourbon Democrats of the South largely succeeded in crushing the Populist revolt by

A) demonstrating that Populist economic policies would harm Southern cotton interests.
B) charging that the Populist were de facto allies of the hated Republicans.
C) bribing the Populist leadership to betray the rank and file.
D) persuading black farmers that the Populists really did not have their interests at heart.
E) appealing to poor white farmers' antiblack racial feelings against their economic interests.