Question

What was a major goal of Tom Watson and the Populist movement in Georgia during the New South Era?(1 point)
Responses

To support wealthy business leaders and former plantation owners
To support wealthy business leaders and former plantation owners

To promote reforms that helped farmers and working-class Georgians
To promote reforms that helped farmers and working-class Georgians

To increase segregation and limit voting rights
To increase segregation and limit voting rights

To expand railroad monopolies without government regulation
To expand railroad monopolies without government regulation

Answer 1

To promote reforms that helped farmers and working-class Georgians

Explanation: Tom Watson and the Populist (People's) Party sought economic and political reforms—like regulation of railroads, easier credit, and greater political representation—to aid small farmers and laborers against wealthy elites and monopolies.