Unit 4: The Populist Party

Unit 4: The Populist Party

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11th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

• promotion of the interests of small farmers, ranchers, and laborers
• preservation of public land/protection of land from large landowners
• regulation of the railroads
• increase of the amount of money in circulation
Which group of people pushed for the reforms listed in the list?
Buffalo Soldiers
Populists
Progressives
Social Darwinists

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

WHAT POLITICAL PARTY FORMED BY FARMERS IN 1891 MADE DEMANDS TO REFORM MONEY, TRANSPORTATION AND GOVERNMENT?
Progressive
Populist
Democrat
Republican

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST EXPLANATION FOR THE FAILURE OF POPULISM AS A NATIONAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT? 
 CAMPAIGN BY THE MAJOR PARTIES TO DISCREDIT POPULIST LEADERS
THE FAILURE OF POPULISM TO ATTRACT VOTERS OUTSIDE ITS NARROW GEOGRAPHIC BASE
THE RETURN OF GENERAL PROSPERITY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
THE BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES LEADING TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE POPULIST DEMANDS EXCEPT WHICH ONE?
RETURN TO THE GOLD STANDARD
 GRADUATED PERSONAL INCOME TAX
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS
EASIER BANK CREDIT

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Populist Party demanded which of the following changes?
The use of gold alone as a basis of the nation’s currency
A graduated income tax in which the wealthy people paid more
 Private ownership of the railroads, telegraphs, and telephones
Less government regulation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the most important goal of the Populist Party?
Creation of government grain warehouses
 Increase in the amount of money in circulation
Regulation of big business by the government
None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following statements are true about the Populist Party of the late 1800’s except which one? 
Farmers, suffering from debt, deflation, and railroads monopolies, turned to Populism
 Populist lived in large cities of the North
Most Populists came from farms in the Northwest and South
Populism declined because of an improving national economy

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