Populist: Lesson 8/31 Questions (QUIZ)

The political party that advocated for farmers was known as the ______party.

• Republican
• Democrat
• Populist

Which candidate was the Populist party's candidate?

• Andrew Johnson
• Ulyssess Grant
• William Jennings Bryan
• William McKinley

Silver and gold caused________money in circulation, causing prices to________. 

• less, increase
• more, increase

Which of the following was the pre-Populist organization to help address farmer's economic needs as well as education and social isolation?

• Progressives

• Democrats

• Settlement Houses

• Grange

Which Presidential candidate made the following statement?

“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

• William J. Bryan

• Mary Elizabeth Lease

• William H. Taft.

• William McKinley

Which caused the rise of Populism?

• rising agricultural prices
• The use of silver instead of greenbacks
• Calls for racial segregation
• The inability of farmers to pay off their debts

Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm prices
• To reduce economic inflation
• To raise campaign contribution limits
• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

William Jennings Bryan's famous Cross of Gold speech is about...

• The acquisition of colonies to increase employment opportunities.

• The creation of a national park system

• A policy of bimetalism to help farmers with raising crop prices.

• Higher tariffs to protect American goods from foreign cometition.

Promised settlers cheap land (160 acres) if they settled or improved the land. Increased westward expansion

• Homestead Act

• Reservation System

• Populist Party

• Dawes Act

Railroads' high fees for shipping goods to market would eventually lead to....

• Farmers organizing the Grange Movement and the Populist party

• The government authorizing the use of silver to help farmers

• The Populist demand that the government help farmers by raising tariffs

• The government demanding that farmers slaughter mivestock to increase prices.