Farmers and the Populist Movement

​ (a)   : faced serious problems after the Civil War

​ (b)   : money printed for the Civil War

​ (c)   : started an organization that became known as the Grange

​ (d)   : Organization whose purpose was to provide a place for farm families to discuss social and educational issues.

1870s, most Grant members were fighting ​ (e)  

• farmers
• greenbacks
• Oliver Hudson Kelley
• Grange
• railroads

​ (a)   : organizations of people who sympathized with farmers

• Farmers' Alliance
• Grange
• Populism
• Bimetallism

To address their concerns, farmers did which of the following:

• formed organizations

• urged the government to increase the money supply

• fought the railroad

• created their own currency

• developed better ways of shipping their goods cheaper

​ (a)   : movement to gain more political and economic power for common people

• Populism
• gold standard
• bimetallism

Populist reforms also included making the government more​ (a)  

• Democratic
• Republican
• Communist
• Socialist

​ (a)   : monetary system in which the government would give people either gold or silver in exchange for paper currency

​ (b)   : backing dollars solely with gold

​ (c)   : favored gold to keep prices from rising

​ (d)   : favored bimetallism because it would make more dollars available and could see a rise in prices and wages

• bimetallism
• gold standard
• "Gold Bugs"
• "Silverites"

​ (a)   : Republican nominee for president in 1896, favored the gold standard

​ (b)   : Democrat and Populist candidate for president, favored bimetallism

​ (c)   : Name of speech at Democratic convention in support of bimetallism

• William McKinley
• William Jennings Bryan
• "Cross of Gold"

​ (a)   : winner of the 1896 presidential election

• McKinley
• Bryan
• Lincoln
• Davis

What were the legacies of the Populist movement?

• Poor and less powerful people could organize for political impact

• many reforms they wanted would be enacted in the 20th century

• the gold standard

• bringing back slavery

• repealing the Bill of Rights

Put the following events in chronological order, earliest to most recent

• Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Grange

• Farmers' Alliances are created

• William Jennings Bryan delivers "Cross of Gold Speech"

• William McKinley wins the presidency

• Populist Party received 10% of the vote in a presidential election