What did the democratic party do to prevent the populists from gaining too much power

They appealed to peoples racism.

They appealed to peoples racism.

Explanation:

Populism started to arise around the 1880s and many African Americans joined them, especially the Populist Party. This party was a major political threat to the Democratic Party in the South. If the poor white joined the African Americans the Democratic Party would not have more chance against the Populists.

With that, the Democratic leaders appealed to racism, making it harder for African Americans to vote and appealing to people’s racism so they would not join forces.

a governess was mean to her.

explanation:

when studying cause and effect, historians usually group the causes into different categories. for example, cultural causes reflect how a society’s literature and art convey the way the society saw itself in relation to the rest of the world. another resource that historians use to understand society is pop culture, which tells them the trends and ideas that are preferred by the common people. when studying cause and effect, it’s important to remember multiple causation, or the idea that an effect could have several causes and vice versa.  

the correct option is “cultural causes” since art and literature are related to the culture of a place. culture is determined by literature, art, music.

the correct option is “pop culture” since it reflects the likes and ideas of common people whereas the rest of the options do not focus on common people.  

the correct option is “multiple causation” since it refers to the idea that events are caused by multiple reasons, not just a single one.