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WorksheetsWestward Expansion to Populism
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Q1. The most significant problem for farmers in the late 19th century was which of the following?
a)
high tariffs, low exports
b)
tight credit, high interest
c)
poor machinery, low production
d)
too many regulatory laws
2.
Another name for tight credit is which of the following?
a)
sound money
b)
fiscal policy
c)
monetary policy
d)
free coinage of silver
3.
Who was the Populist/Democratic candidate for President?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
William Jennings Bryan
d)
William McKinley
4.
One limitation on the amount of money in circulation in the late 19th century was which of the following?
a)
Mc Kinley Act
b)
Granger Laws
c)
free coinage of silver
d)
gold standard
5.
According to farmers and Populists, the "Crime of "73" was which of the following?
a)
ending the gold standard
b)
demonitization of silver
c)
creating the Federal Reserve
d)
ending the 2nd Bank of the United States
6.
Which of the following was the pre-Populist organization to help address farmer's economic needs as well as education and social isolation?
a)
Progressives
b)
Democrats
c)
Settlement Houses
d)
Grange
7.
What court case led to the passage of the Interstate Commerce Act?
a)
Munn v. Illinois
b)
Wabash v. Illinois
c)
Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust
d)
United States v. Butler
8.
Which of the following was not a major plank of the Populist platform?
a)
fere coinage of silver
b)
government ownership of railroads
c)
resumption of the gold standard
d)
governemnt storage of grain
9.
In what decade were the Populists founded?
a)
1890s
b)
1920s
c)
1940s
d)
1780s
10.
Railroads were most importantly which of the following to farmers?
a)
monopolies
b)
technological innovations
c)
valued partners
d)
fierce competition
11.
Which of the following was not a demand of the Populists?
a)
women's suffrage
b)
initiative and referendum
c)
Australian Ballot (secret ballot)
d)
direct election of senators
12.
Who gave the "Cross of Gold" speech?
a)
Willaim McKinley
b)
William Henry Harrison
c)
Marcus Hannah
d)
William Jennings Bryan
13.
Which of the following was not a demand of the Populists?
a)
women's suffrage
b)
initiative and referendum
c)
Australian Ballot (secret ballot)
d)
direct election of senators
14.
Members of which group most likely to belong to Populist Party?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Farmers
c)
Industrialists
d)
Immigrants
15.
What was the main topic of William Jennings Bryan's 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech?
a)
Monopolies
b)
Bimetalism
c)
Gilded Age corruption
d)
Railroads
16.
What was the main topic of the 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech?
a)
Monopolies
b)
Bimetalism
c)
Gilded Age corruption
d)
Railroads
17.
Which group would most likely belong to the Populist Party?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Farmers
c)
A factory or business owner
d)
New immigrants
18.
Which political party advocated government ownership of the means of production and EQUAL distribution of wealth?
a)
Populist
b)
Socialist
c)
Progressive
d)
Democratic
19.
Which caused the rise of Populism?
a)
rising agricultural prices
b)
The use of silver instead of greenbacks
c)
Calls for racial segregation
d)
The inability of farmers to pay off their debts
20.
"Society advances where its fittest members are allowed to assert their fitness with the least hindrance (Herbert Spencer)"
What philosophy is described by the quote above?
What philosophy is described by the quote above?
a)
Social Democracy
b)
Social Realism
c)
Social Darwinism
d)
Social Gospel
21.
Populists favored ALL of the following EXCEPT
a)
secret ballot
b)
direct election of senators
c)
8 hour workday
d)
the gold standard
22.
Who did the National Grange help?
a)
Farmers
b)
Miners
c)
Bankers
d)
Loggers
23.
What was a goal of the National Grange?
a)
fix railroad shipping rates
b)
fix suffrage
c)
fix discrimination
d)
fix child labor
24.
What type of economy did the Sioux and Cheyenne cultures have?
a)
a. Nomadic
b)
b. Agrarian
c)
c Industrial
d)
d Matriarchal
25.
What animals were massively important for many Native American groups in the West and provided food, clothing, and shelter for their people?
a)
a. Long Horns
b)
b. Buffalos
c)
c. Beavers
d)
d. Wildcats
26.
Which type of person would most likely hold to the belief of Manifest Destiny in the late 1800s?
a)
a. A Shaman Native American
b)
b. A Sioux chief
c)
a. A citizen of the USA moving to c. the Great Plains
d)
d. A British soldier stationed in Canada
27.
Which option below best explains how the introduction of horses and guns by Europeans to Native Americans impacted the cultures of the Native Americans by the late 1800s in the USA?
a)
a. The majority of Native Americans assimilated into European culture to gain the weapons and animals.
b)
b. Most Native Americans migrated to Mexico and abandoned the Great PlainsOption 2*
c)
c. Many Native American cultures transitioned from being agrarians to nomads
d)
d. All of the above
28.
What option below best explains why Sitting Bull refused to sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie?
a)
a, He felt that the Native Americans should get to return to the Southern portion of the USA
b)
b. He refused because the Treaty forbid the hunting of Buffalo.
c)
c. He would not sign it because he felt it interfered with the nomadic way of life.
d)
d. He was angry that Fetterman had killed Crazy Horse and wanted to keep fighting.
29.
Who led the Seventh Calvary at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
a)
George Custer
b)
William Fetterman
c)
Jack Wilson
d)
Nelson Miles
30.
What conflict was the last major battle of the Indian Wars?
a)
a. the Battle of Antietam
b)
b. the Fetterman Massacre
c)
c. the Massacre at Sand Creek
d)
d. the Battle of Wounded Knee
31.
What explanation below explains why Greenbacks began to drop in value after the Civil War?
a)
a. Greenbacks could only be exchanged for gold
b)
b. The railroad millionaires had placed all Greenbacks in powerful banks.
c)
c. Greenbacks could not be exchanged for gold.
d)
d. None of the above.
32.
What explanation below explains why railroad companies were able to charge high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s?
a)
a. There was a great deal of competition between various railroad companies
b)
b. The railroads foreclosed on many farms and took the farmers’ properties
c)
c. The railroad companies had essentially no competition.
d)
d. They were able to charge high prices because the railroad companies owned the Grange.
33.
Who started the Patrons of Husbandry?
a)
a. Ralph Patron
b)
b. Rutherford B. Hayes
c)
c, Eugene V. Debs.
d)
d. Oliver Hudson Kelley
34.
All of the following were goals of the Populist Party EXCEPT:
a)
a. Create an eight hour work day for common workers
b)
b. Allow governors of each state to appoint Senators to Congress
c)
c. Increase the money supply in the USA economy.
d)
d. Limit immigration into the USA.
35.
Politically, most citizens in the South were ___________________ and most citizens in the North were _________________ during the late 1800s.
a)
Republicans / Democrats
b)
. Democrats / Republicans
c)
Democrats / Populists
d)
Republicans / Libertarians
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