Chapter 5; Section 3 Pp. 219-223
Chapter 5-3 Farmers and the Populist Movement
- 1.All of the following added to the economic woes of the farmers of the plains except:
- A.
Railroads charged farmers excessive rates for shipping and storage
- B.
The value of greenbacks was rising
- C.
Banks foreclosed on the mortgages of farmers who couldn't pay their loans
- D.
Good farm land was becoming scarce
- 2.All of the following is true of the Grange except
- A.
It was started by Oliver Kelley
- B.
It allowed African-Americans to join its membership
- C.
It provided a social outlet for isolated farmers
- D.
Its game plan was to break the power the railroads held over them
- 3.Members of this party were mainly business owners and bankers from industrialized areas.
- A.
Republican
- B.
Populist
- C.
Democratic
- D.
Greenback
- 4.This was a monetary system in which the government would give people silver or gold in exchange for paper currency.
- A.
Silverite
- B.
Greenback
- C.
Goldbug
- D.
Bimetallism
- 5.He was nominated by two parties as their candidate for the 1896 presidential election.
- A.
Oliver Hudson Kelley
- B.
William Jennings Bryan
- C.
William McKinley
- D.
Joe Biden
- 6.Which of the following marked the collapse of Populism?
- A.
The Panic of 1893
- B.
The founding of the Grange
- C.
The "Cross of Gold" speech
- D.
The election of William McKinley
- 7.Why did the Plains farmers in the late 1800s tend to support bimetallism?
- A.
It would put more money in circulation.
- B.
It would make the nation's money supply safe.
- C.
It would lower the prices of see and farm machinery.
- D.
It would allow them to profit from mineral rights on their land.
- 8.All of the following were reforms proposed by the Populist party except:
- A.
A graduated income tax
- B.
Unlimited immigration to fill the vacancies in the labor supply
- C.
Direct election of senators by the people
- D.
Secret ballot
- 9.The Grange did all of the following except:
- A.
Support the banks
- B.
Support political candidates
- C.
Oppose the railroads
- D.
Oppose the banks
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