12.6 Farmers Rise in Protest

Front

What legislation passed during Lincoln's presidency incentivized westward movement into the Great Plains?

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Homestead Act of 1862

Front

What were African-Americans who fled the Jim Crow South to settle on the Western plains known as?

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Exodusters

Front

Which of the following was not a new agricultural invention of the late 19th century?

• windmill water pump
• steel plow
• mechanical reaper
• seed drill

Back

seed drill

Front

Farmers first organized in the late 19th century in the National _______, which assisted farmers educationally and in cooperatives.

Back

Grange

Front

Ironically, farmers' largest problem was the efficiency of their modern farming, resulting in _________ and low farm prices.

Back

overproduction

Front

One popular solution to low farm prices was a _________ monetary policy, wherein U.S. currency would be backed by silver bullion as well as gold.

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inflationary

Front

By 1892, farmers organized nationally into the ________ Party whose presidential candidate proposed reforms including an 8-hour day, unemployment insurance, gov't owned utilities and railroads, and coinage of silver.

Back

Populist

Front

What was the name of the acclaimed speech delivered by William Jennings Bryan during the 1896 Presidential Election?

Back

Cross of Gold

Front

Republican __________ defeated Bryan in the 1896 Election after Republican strategists stoked fears of inflation among city dwellers in the case Bryan was elected.

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William McKinley

Front

Populist ideas to reform industrial capitalism such as the 8-hour day, workers' compensation, and railroad regulation were later adopted by the _________ in the early 20th century.

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Progressives