The Populist Movement & Muckrakers Quiz

The Populist Party wanted all of the following except:

• abolition of the income tax

• regulation of railroads

• unlimited coinage of silver

• a graduated income tax

This speech was about monetary policy and was given by William Jennings Bryan during his campaign for president in 1896

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Follow the Yellow Brick Road Declaration

• Gettysburg Address

• Cross of Gold

Why did the Populist party want unlimited coinage of silver?

• To increase the amount of money in circulation and raise farm prices

• To raise campaign contribution limits

• To reduce economic inflation

• To decrease the bargaining power of labor unions

Following the Gold Standard resulted in ________money in circulation, and thus_______the prices for farm goods.

• less, lowering

• more, raising

• foreign, higher

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

• There was a great deal of competition between various railroad companies

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

• The railroad companies had essentially no competition.

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

Members of which group most likely to belong to Populist Party?

• Anarchists
• Farmers
• Industrialists
• Immigrants

Which organization combined with the The Grange to create the Populist Party? 

• The Farming Society
• American Association of Agriculture
• Farmer's Alliance

Which caused the rise of Populism?

• rising agricultural prices
• The use of silver instead of greenbacks
• Calls for racial segregation
• The inability of farmers to pay off their debts

Which muckraker wrote History of the Standard Oil Company, in 1902, exposing Rockefeller’s rise that was based on ruthless business practices?

• Ida B. Wells

• Ida Tarbell

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What muckraker wrote The Jungle, which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry?

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jacob Riis

• Frank Norris