WorksheetsFarming Struggles
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which of these groups were NOT blamed for farmers issues?
manufactures
federal government
banks
railroad companies
Who did Democrats choose in the Election of 1896.
William McKinley
George Armstrong Custer
Henry Comstock
William Jennings Bryan
Who did Republicans choose in the Election of 1896?
Billy Clanton
Tom Ketchum
William McKinley
Albert Sidney Johnston
Which of these were provided to farmers by the National Grange?
education
bushels of wheat
2 more acres of farmland
crops
What were farmer alliances?
farmers who worked together to save their farmland from the government
networks of organizations that sprang up in the west and the south in the 1880's
government arranged land that farmers were forced to share
groups of farmers that made deals to trade some of their land
What were the goals of the Populist Party?
to appeal to western settlers
to appeal to the federal government
to appeal to the common people
to appeal to farmers
Who won the Election of 1896?
William Jennings Bryan
Abe Lincoln
Populist Party
William Mckinley
Why did the Populist Party switch from a gold based currency to a silver based currency?
they liked silver rather than gold
they hoped it would give farmers the money to pay their debts
they were running out of gold
they hoped to impress the common people
If farmers did not repay the ____ the they could lose their farms?
loans
government
taxes
populist party
What did the National Grange try to encourage?
labor
economic self - sufficiency
national income tax
shorter work hours
