AMSCO 350 - 353

Which of the following BEST describes the financial situation for farmers in the late 19th century?

• rising costs and falling prices
• rising costs and rising prices
• falling costs and falling prices
• falling costs and rising prices

An early attempt by farmers to organize social and educational opportunities along with cooperatives.

• the National Grange

• the Farmer's Cooperative

• the Populist Party

• the Open Harvest

The first real attempt by the national government to regulate the railroads was called

• the Interstate Commerce Commission
• the Transcontinental Railway Act
• the Credit Mobilier
• the Union Pacific

Farmers during the time after Reconstruction felt victimized by the impersonal forces of the larger national economy. Farmers suffered from all the following EXCEPT:

• Railroad companies would overcharge farmers for short hauls

• Retailers (or "middlemen") would take a cut of the profit away from the farmers

• Farmers had to pay high prices charged by industrial corporations

• Imports from Central and South America undercut the U. S. crops

The United States Supreme Court upheld the right of a state to regulate businesses of a public nature, such as railroads with its decision in which of the following court cases:

• Munn v. Illinois (1877)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

• Walker v. Floyd (1879)

• Gators v. Links (2019)

Ocala Platform, established by farmers in Ocala, Florida (1890), included all the following EXCEPT:

• direct election of U. S. Senators

• lower tariff rates

• a new banking system regulated by the federal government

• appointment of a Farm Czar to work with the president

Today in Nebraska, the economy of the state is closely tied to farming/agriculture. What is the number one cash crop grown in Nebraska:

• rutabaga

• asparagus

• okra

• corn

Today in Nebraska, the farming industry is the catalyst for the economy of the state. Because of the importance of farming in our state, Nebraska is frequently referred to as which of the following:

• the Cornhusker State

• the Sunflower State

• the Wheat Shocker State

• the Palmetto State