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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.RepublicanDemocratPopulist
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich candidate was the Populist party's candidate?Andrew JohnsonUlyssess GrantWilliam Jennings BryanWilliam McKinley
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSilver and gold caused________money in circulation, causing prices to________.less, increasemore, increase
- 4. Multiple ChoiceFarmers support the ________standard for money.BimetalismGold
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following always hurt farmers?
Gold Miners
Railroads
American Indians
Exodusters
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which group preferred silver money?
Lawyers
Politicians
Bankers
Farmers
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMain topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 Cross of Gold Speech?Fighting growing influence of business trustsChanging government's monetary policyEnding tax-free status of religious institutionsProviding federal aid to poor families
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich organization combined with the The Grange to create the Populist Party?The Farming SocietyAmerican Association of AgricultureFarmer's Alliance
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was NOT a goal of the Populist movement?Secret BallotGraduated Income TaxRegulation of Banks and RailroadsStop poor whites from voting
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would NOT have been a member of the Populist Party?
farmer
factory worker
banker
William Jennings Bryan
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the pre-Populist organization to help address farmer's economic needs as well as education and social isolation?
Progressives
Democrats
Settlement Houses
Grange
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich caused the rise of Populism?rising agricultural pricesThe use of silver instead of greenbacksCalls for racial segregationThe inability of farmers to pay off their debts
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm pricesTo reduce economic inflationTo raise campaign contribution limitsTo decrease the bargaining power of labor unions
- 14. Multiple Choice
After unsuccessfully running candidates for president in 1892, the Populists were taken over by which political party in 1896?
Republican
Democratic
Greenback
Federalist
- 15. Multiple Choice
Railroads' high fees for shipping goods to market would eventually lead to....
Farmers organizing the Grange Movement and the Populist party
The government authorizing the use of silver to help farmers
The Populist demand that the government help farmers by raising tariffs
The government demanding that farmers slaughter mivestock to increase prices.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of Populism?
To encourage the government to take control of the inventions of the industrial revolution
To stop immigrants from Europe from taking over factory jobs
To force Robber barons to give up their riches so that workers could benefit
To represent the interests of rural farmers and connect then to the rest of society
- 17. Multiple Choice
Soil depletion, share cropping, and high shipping costs led to the creation of what Organization
The Grant
The Trust
The Grange
The GOP
- 18. Multiple Choice
The railroad monoplies put emense financial strain with their high shipping costs on what group in particular?
The industrialists
The farmers
The government
tourists
- 19. Multiple ChoicePopulism is the...political party for all reformers.party of the conservatives.party of the common people.party for the liberal population.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe populist party was a third party political party.TrueFalse
- 21. Multiple ChoicePopulists supportedwomen's suffragelabor unionsworkers rightsall of the above
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the famous speech by William Jennings Bryan called?The Cross SpeechThe Cross of Gold SpeechGold Standard
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich organization combined with the The Grange to create the Populist Party?The Farming SocietyAmerican Association of AgricultureFarmer's Alliance
- 24. Multiple Choice
What happened to farmers when they couldn't pay their debts because prices were falling and the railroads started charging high transportation fees...
they overthrew the government and lived happily ever after
they worked in factories
they were foreclosed on (lost their homes/farms for not being able to pay the mortgage)
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which of the following were points of the Populist Party platform?
Silver Money
Income Tax
Secret Ballot
All of the Above
- 26. Multiple Choice
He was the Republican candidate for the 1896 presidential election.
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
John D. Rockefeller
William Jennings Bryan
- 27. Multiple Choice
Who did the National Grange help?
Farmers
Miners
Bankers
Loggers
- 28. Multiple Choice
What was a goal of the National Grange?
fix railroad shipping rates
fix suffrage
fix discrimination
fix child labor
- 29. Multiple Choice
Many farmers blamed businesspeople, especially _____ for making money at their expense
politicians
railroad owners
Indians
cattle drivers
- 30. Multiple Choice
A monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of gold.
Bimetallism
Gold Standard
Coinage
Gold Currency
- 31. Multiple Choice
Most farmers in the late 1800’s had these two things in common.
They loved the railroads and were in debt.
They hated the railroads and were in debt.
They loved the railroads and were free of debt
They hated the railroads and were free of debt.
- 32. Multiple Choice
The monetary standard based on two metals.
Gold Standard
Trimetellism
Copperage
bimetallism
- 33. Multiple Choice
Dollars that were not backed by gold were called
Farmers’ Dollars
Light Dollars
Turtlebacks
Greenbacks
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