Why did the Populist movement break up after the election of 1896?

A. Democrats adopted several Populist causes.

B. They lost support for an 8-hour workday.

C. People tired of a lack of prosperity.

D. Its members decided to adopt the gold standard.

Populism never recovered from the failure of 1896. For example, Tennessee’s Populist Party was demoralized by a diminishing membership, and puzzled and split by the dilemma of whether to fight the state-level enemy (the Democrats) or the national foe (the Republicans and Wall Street). By 1900 the People’s Party of Tennessee was a shadow of what it once was. so the answer maybe D