D. a combination of history and legend
The Populist Party was a third party created due to the discontent of farmers against the major political parties (Republican and Democratic parties) because of the Gold Standard issue, and because they felt ignored. This Party is often regarded as a failure because it focused on one issue (to increase the money supply) and tried to gain the support of farmers and workers, but the workers' wants and needs were different than those of the farmers, so the Populist Party didn't had all the support it needed to succeed and ended up being absorbed by the Progressive Party. Although the Populist Party didn't succeed, it helped creating awareness of the farmers conditions, so that the Republican and Democratic parties could also focus on that side of the population.
The correct answer is <span>contain Communism
Having a common market with free trade would allow capitalism and the free market to prosper which would counter any communist tendencies that the countries might have had after the war. It actually worked as it prevented communism from spreading throughout the western Europe even when it was ravaged.</span>
Generally speaking, the primary purpose of a college application essay is "<span>B. to give admissions decision-makers an idea of an applicant's attributes," since this allows the applicant to speak of things that were not asked about in other portions of the application. </span>