Which of the following was a goal of the the populist party? a. support “free silver” to raise prices for farm goods b. support private ownership of railroads c. divide northern and southern urban workers d. exclude african americans from membership

A.support “free silver” to raise prices for farm goods

The Populist party surged in the 1890s from the discontent of farmers in the South and Midwest of America against the Democratic and Republican Parties that ignored their interest and difficulties. Farmers suffered from a bad economy, that made it very difficult to prosper: they suffered from poor marketing, falling prices and lack of credit facilities, some were sunken in debt, etc.  

So one of their actions as a party was to firmly advocate for the unlimited coinage of silver. Farmers believed that this measure would increase the price of their crops, would help debtors to pay their debts more easily.

du boi was considered a radical because he wanted the immediate end for segregation. the biggest different between him and booker t. washington is that, even though washington believed that segregation should be considered illegal, he did not believe at all that a law was needed to keep blacks away from whites and that this would be something natural (to have the races apart) for a long time until society adjusted, while du boi believe that agitation was the only way to end segregation.