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Populism - Quiz 1

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What was a major reason that farmers did NOT settle the Great Plains before 1860?

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they had enough good land in the East.

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they had no way to stop cattle ranchers from using the Great Plains for grazing.

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they did not know how to cope with the absence of water and trees.

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farm families were too small to provide enough labor to plant and harvest crops on the plains.

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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the problems of farmers in the late 19c?

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lack of available land.

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high interest rates.

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overpopulation.

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high shipping costs.

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deflation.

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During the late 19c, what was the relationship between the southern agrarian protest movement and southern attitudes toward blacks?

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some populists wanted to build an interracial movement and tried to defend the rights of blacks.

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most southern populists were antiblack.

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the white elite tried to inflame agrarian racism and stimulate urban black sentiment against agrarian radicalism.

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all of these choices are correct.

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One of the primary beliefs of the Farmers' Alliances was that?

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individual competition was the most efficient means of determining fair farm prices.

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the ratio of gold to silver should be 18 to 1.

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the railroads should be under state, not federal control.

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too much power was in the hands of a few corporations and financial institutions.

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Although historians disagree as to their interpretations of Populism, the movement was significant because?

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it was one of the few third-party movements to gain national influence.

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it led to successful radical movements in the early 1900s.

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the activists of the party were responsible for the success of the first McKinley administration.

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it helped to elect a president at the peak of its power.

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The basic economic motivation behind the coinage of silver was to?

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encourage reduced production of agricultural products.

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ease the burden of debtors.

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increase foreign trade.

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encourage increased production of agricultural products.

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The Populists' subtreasury plan called for?

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a new banking system in America.

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the government to advance credit to farmers for crops stored in government storehouses.

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a new system of credit for all American workers.

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the government to eliminate the crop lien system in the South.

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After the Granger laws ran into legal problems and were overturned in the case of Wabash v. Illinois, Congress attempted to provide relief through the?

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Sherman Antitrust Act.

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graduated income tax.

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Atlanta Compromise.

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Homestead Act.

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Interstate Commerce Act.

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Which statement BEST describes many of the reforms proposed by the Populist Party?

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they were just campaign promises.

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they were won through the efforts of other political parties at a later time.

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they were undesirable in a democratic country.

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they disappeared from public interest.

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During the 1860s and 1870s, the Grangers carried out all of the following activities EXCEPT?

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they established cooperatives.

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they forged a political coalition with organized labor.

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they supported political candidates sympathetic to the farmers' needs.

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they disseminated information about new scientific agricultural techniques.

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