Populism Quiz

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