WorksheetsPopulism Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of th efollowing correctly defines Populism
A political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
A situation that unfolds when a peson becomes too worried about being popular in high school
A political ideology that promotes the military as the solution to international political problems
The conviction that states should have more power than the federal government
What caused the rise of Populist ideology?
Cheap government loans led to the devaluation of the dollar and crash of grain prices
Capiitalists in the North were making lots of money and needed political representation
Farmers were having difficult times in an unhospitable environment, complicated by th ehigh costs of transportation, storage, and mortgages
Foriegn immigrants were taking American jobs, so populism grew from a nativist sentiment
Which of the following were the goals of the Populists?
A bimetal currency system that used gold and silver to back up the dollar
Transitition the American government into an oligarchy run by rich capitalists
Destrpy Amrican Democracy and establish a Communist state
More government regulation over railroad, grain storage, and banking businesses
Why did the populists want a bimetal currency system
To make money more available, causing inflation and higher grain prices
Because iron and tin make the best stainles steel
To make the silver in the farmers mines more valuable
They thought it was better for the banking companies
What was different about the 1862 election?
A third party candidate won the electoral votes of 4.5 states
A populist candidate became president
They directly elected senators
People voted in ballot boxes secretly
What was the difficult choice populists had to make in the election of 1896?
To choose Mckinley or Roosevelt as the Republican candidate
Whether or not tyey should keep the movemnt alive
The choice between a violent uprising or peacful due process
To sponsor their own candidate or support a democratic candidate with populists beleifs
What changed about campaigining after the populist movemnt?
The use of newspaper ads was outlawed
Presidential candidates got higher campign contributions from corporations
Candidates began to buy people's votes
Politicians had to acknowledge and address the common people's concerns
Which of the following are considered to be accomplishmnets of th epopulist movment
A graduated income tax. More income= higher tax rates
Government regulation of the railroads
The direct election of Senators by the people
All answers are accomplishments of the populist movement
Who would the immediate losers be if the free silver movment became reality?
Rail road owners
Banks and Bankers
The farmers
Industrial machine operators
What happened to the populist party after the loss of the 1896 election to McKinley?
They turned in the party of big business
Old populists never die they just farm away
They meged with the Democrats
They sold their farms and bought trucks
