Day 7 USH DO NOW - Industrialization + Urbanization

Due to a lack of lumber and building supplies, settlers on the Great Plains made homes out of dirt and grass. These were known as

• Hoovervilles

• Soddies

• Mansions

• Motels

True or false: as more settlers moved to the Great Plains, the price of farm goods decreased.

• True

• False

What political party was formed to represent the interests of farmers?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Communist Party

• Populist Party

This leader of the Populist Party gave his "Cross of Gold Speech" in favor of adopting "free coinage of silver" over the Gold Standard:

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexis de Tocqueville

• William Jennings Bryan

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Populist Party?

• Free coinage of silver

• Direct election of US Senators

• An eight hour work day

• The passage of the Dawes Act