Question 1

Late 19th-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

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A)  low tariff rates. 
B)  overproduction. 
C)  a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods. 
D)  immigration laws. 
E)  insufficient agricultural exports. 
A)  low tariff rates. 
B)  overproduction. 
C)  a deflated currency and low prices for their agricultural goods. 
D)  immigration laws. 
E)  insufficient agricultural exports.

Question 2

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

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A)  underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B)  foreign competition. 
C)  the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D)  the shortage of farm machinery. 
E)  low prices and a deflated currency. 
A)  underproduction of agricultural foodstuffs. 
B)  foreign competition. 
C)  the declining number of farms and farmers. 
D)  the shortage of farm machinery. 
E)  low prices and a deflated currency.

Question 3

Which technological innovations transformed the size and efficiency of American farms? How did this change the economics of farming?

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The technological innovations that trans

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the Granger Laws.

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The principle of public contro

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of James B. Weaver.

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1880 presidential ca

Question 6

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

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A)  proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people. 
B)  a strategy by which united working-class action could succeed. 
C)  the need for a socialist party in the United States. 
D)  the potential of the federal government as a counterweight to big business. 
E)  the fallacy of using labor for organizing strikes to achieve economic gains for working-class citizens. 
A)  proof of an alliance between big business, the federal government, and the courts against working people. 
B)  a strategy by which united working-class action could succeed. 
C)  the need for a socialist party in the United States. 
D)  the potential of the federal government as a counterweight to big business. 
E)  the fallacy of using labor for organizing strikes to achieve economic gains for working-class citizens.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of William Hope Harvey.

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Author of Coin's Financial Sch

Question 8

In several states, farmers helped to pass the Granger Laws, which were designed to

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A)  provide state subsidies for farm exports. 
B)  lower farm mortgage interest rates. 
C)  allow the formation of producer and consumer cooperatives. 
D)  prohibit bankruptcy auctions. 
E)  regulate railroad rates and grain storage fees. 
A)  provide state subsidies for farm exports. 
B)  lower farm mortgage interest rates. 
C)  allow the formation of producer and consumer cooperatives. 
D)  prohibit bankruptcy auctions. 
E)  regulate railroad rates and grain storage fees.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Elizabeth Lease.

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Known as the Kansas

Question 10

The 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied by

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A)  diminishing voter participation in elections. 
B)  strengthening of party organizations. 
C)  increasing voter participation in elections. 
D)  less concern for industrial regulation. 
E)  sharpened conflict between business and labor. 
A)  diminishing voter participation in elections. 
B)  strengthening of party organizations. 
C)  increasing voter participation in elections. 
D)  less concern for industrial regulation. 
E)  sharpened conflict between business and labor.

Question 11

For many years, historians interpreted the 1896 election as the challenge of the people against the candidate of big business and the status quo. Explain why this view has largely fallen into disfavor, and why more of the people voted for McKinley. Are there any elements in the traditional view worth retaining?

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The traditional view of the 1896 electio

Question 12

The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

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A)  eastern labor's opposition to free silver. 
B)  the return of general economic prosperity. 
C)  the decline of middle-class values. 
D)  the relative decline of rural America in relation to the cities. 
E)  increasing levels of voter participation in national elections. 
A)  eastern labor's opposition to free silver. 
B)  the return of general economic prosperity. 
C)  the decline of middle-class values. 
D)  the relative decline of rural America in relation to the cities. 
E)  increasing levels of voter participation in national elections.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Coin's Financial School.

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A pamphlet designed

Question 14

What were the chief concerns of farmers in the North, South, and West?

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A)  low prices and deflated currency 
B)  inflated currency 
C)  competition between regions 
D)  soil degradation 
E)  new tariffs 
A)  low prices and deflated currency 
B)  inflated currency 
C)  competition between regions 
D)  soil degradation 
E)  new tariffs

Question 15

What did the grandfather clause do?

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A)  exempted anyone whose forebear voted in the 1860 election from literacy tests 
B)  mandated literacy tests for voting in the South 
C)  exempted former slaves from literacy tests 
D)  exempted all whites from literacy tests 
E)  created literacy tests for immigrants 
A)  exempted anyone whose forebear voted in the 1860 election from literacy tests 
B)  mandated literacy tests for voting in the South 
C)  exempted former slaves from literacy tests 
D)  exempted all whites from literacy tests 
E)  created literacy tests for immigrants

Question 16

If you were a farmer in western Kansas in 1887, what would be three or four of your major problems? How would you try to solve them? Would you be likely to seek help? Where? Why? What measures would you adopt to solve these identified problems? Where would you turn to help solve these identified problems? Which political and professional organizations might you turn to help solve these problems?

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As a farmer in western Kansas in 1887, I

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the Haymarket Square anarchists.

Accepted Answer

A group of anarchists-some exe

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the Colored Farmers National Alliance.

Accepted Answer

An alliance much like the Farm

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Marcus Alonzo Hanna.

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Iron business owner

Question 20

What was the impact of flourishing agriculture in Russia and Argentina?

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A)  American sodbusters faced ruin 
B)  new markets opened for America in South America 
C)  the federal government protected American agriculture with new tariffs 
D)  American farm equipment sales increased dramatically 
E)  a global depression was sparked 
A)  American sodbusters faced ruin 
B)  new markets opened for America in South America 
C)  the federal government protected American agriculture with new tariffs 
D)  American farm equipment sales increased dramatically 
E)  a global depression was sparked

Exam 26: Rumbles of Discontent

Late 19th-century farmers believed that their difficulties stemmed primarily from

The root cause of the American farmers' problems after 1880 was

Which technological innovations transformed the size and efficiency of American farms? How did this change the economics of farming?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Granger Laws.

Identify and state the historical significance of James B. Weaver.

Labor unions, Populists, and debtors saw in the brutal Pullman episode

Identify and state the historical significance of William Hope Harvey.

In several states, farmers helped to pass the Granger Laws, which were designed to

Identify and state the historical significance of Mary Elizabeth Lease.

The 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied by

The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

Identify and state the historical significance of Coin's Financial School.

What were the chief concerns of farmers in the North, South, and West?

What did the grandfather clause do?

Identify and state the historical significance of the Haymarket Square anarchists.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Colored Farmers National Alliance.

Identify and state the historical significance of Marcus Alonzo Hanna.

What was the impact of flourishing agriculture in Russia and Argentina?

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