6.13 Politics in the Gilded Age Quiz

Which political party advocated for the unlimited coinage of silver in their platform?

• Republicans

• Populists

• Socialists

• Democrats

Which political party advocated for a graduated income tax in their platform?

• Socialists

• Populists

• Democrats

• Republicans

Which political party advocated for public ownership of railroads, telegraph, and telephone lines in their platform?

• Populists

• Republicans

• Socialists

• Democrats

Which political party advocated for government subsidies to assist in stabilizing agricultural prices in their platform?

• Socialists

• Democrats

• Populists

• Republicans

Which political party advocated for an 8-hour workday in their platform?

• Socialists

• Republicans

• Populists

• Democrats

Which political party advocated for the direct election of U.S. senators in their platform?

• Socialists

• Republicans

• Populists

• Democrats

Which political party advocated for increased voter power with the use of the initiative, referendum, and recall in their platform?

• Democrats

• Socialists

• Populists

• Republicans

Which political party's candidate carried 5 states in the West in the election of 1892?

• Democrats

• Populists

• Republicans

• Socialists

New markets are to the ​ (a)    

    As a person who is against immigration is to a

(b)  

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Nativist
• Urbanization
• Civic Responsibility

Tags

#Gilded Age-Transcontinental Railroad

#Gilded Age-Nativism

Preventing Chinese Immigration is to the ​ (a)  

    As growth of the population of cities are to

(b)  

• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Urbanization
• Civic Responsibility
• Nativist

Tags

#Gilded Age-Chinese Exclusion Act

#Gilded Age-Urbanization