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Populist Movement Practice Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who won the election of 1896 and 1900?

a)

Teddy Roosevelt

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

William McKinley

d)

Grover Cleveland

2.

Who organized the Grange?

a)

Oliver Hudson Kelley

b)

William Jennings Bryan

c)

William McKinley

d)

Mark Hanna

3.

The Populist Party wanted all of the following except:

a)

term limits for President of the United States

b)

regulation of railroads

c)

less greenbacks in circulation

d)

a graduated income tax

4.

William Jennings Bryan became a presidential candidate after his

a)

Whistle-stop speeches

b)

Yellow Brick Road Speech

c)

No Crown of Thorns Speech

d)

Cross of Gold Speech

5.

The most significant problem for farmers in the late 19th century was which of the following?

a)

high tariffs, low exports

b)

high debt, high interest

c)

too many regulatory laws

d)

poor machinery, low production

6.

Which of the following would not have been a member of the Populist Party?

a)

farmer

b)

factory worker

c)

banker

d)

miner

7.

Which contributed to the rise of Populism?

a)
rising agricultural prices
b)

the use of silver instead of greenbacks

c)

calls for unrestricted immigration

d)

the inability of farmers to pay off their debts

8.

What explanation below explains why railroad companies were able to charge high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s?

a)

There was a great deal of competition between various railroad companies

b)

The railroads foreclosed on many farms and took the farmers’ properties

c)

The railroad companies had essentially no competition.

d)

They were able to charge high prices because the railroad companies owned the Grange.

9.

Situation that occurs when the number of greenbacks in circulation decreases while the amount of goods and services does not decrease or may even increase, as in farm production during the late 1800s.

a)

Deflation

b)

Inflation

c)

Conflation

d)

Consolidation

10.
Supreme Court case where states won the right to regulate railroads for the public benefit
a)
Munn v. Illinois
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
c)

Grange v. Vanderbilt

d)

Mooney v. Indiana