Which colonial region's society is best described by the phrases in the box below? • known as the breadbasket colonies • welcomed a great mix of people • encouraged religious freedom

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.