I believe the last one and if not the second
Answer:
They enacted policies that would benefit the merchants.
Explanation:
The whole point of mercantilism was to take materials from the colonies to give to the mainland. Those materials could be used to make goods that they sent back to the colonies. So then the merchants used the deals with the government to set up chop and sell their goods. So they paid the army and the government helped their business.
That is the first question
The Populists favored all the following EXCEPT: an end to immigration. What was the purpose of "antitrust" legislation? discouraged many poor whites and blacks from voting.