Module 2 Section 3-4: Populist Movement

Public opinion in the 1890s was: Money was worthless if it couldn't be turned in for ____________

• gold or silver

• silver or iron

• iron or gold

• diamonds and rubies

What act helped citizens settle the west cheaply?

• Homerun Act

• Homestead Act

• Dawns Act

• Dawes Act

What issues did farmers have in the latter half of the 19th century?

• More Debt

• bad weather

• high shipping costs

• inflation/money supply

• diseased crops/animals

Who were the Exodusters?

• Newly freed slaves who left the south to own land

• Newly freed slaves who left the south to work the railroads

• Newly freed slaves who left the south to fight in the Civil War

• Newly freed slaves who left the south to go mine for gold

The picture symbolizes...

• Assimilation

• Manifest Destiny

• Immigration

• Conquest

Who joined the populist party?

• Middle Class White settlers

• northern African Americans

• Small Farmers

• Bankers/factory owners

How would bimetalism help the nation?

• It would put more money in circulation

• It would make the nation’s money supply safer

• It would lower the prices of seed and farm machinery

• It would allow them to profit from the mineral rights on their land

The Grange supported

• banks

• farmers

• railroads

• factory owners

Who won the 1896 election?

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism

Who wanted the gold standard?

• William Jennings Bryan

• Populist Party

• Republican Party

• William McKinley

• Bimetallism