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Answer the following questions.

1. What was the name of the first political group organized by farmers?

  1. The Grange
  2. Political Patronage
  3. McKinley
  4. Gilded Age

Answer: A. The Grange

2. What currency standard did farmers prefer?

  1. Reform
  2. Debt
  3. Tariffs
  4. Silver

Answer: D. Silver

3. Farmers faced many problems in the late 1800s. Which of the terms is one of those problems?

  1. Political Patronage
  2. Tariffs
  3. Debt
  4. Reform

Answer: C. Debt

4. What was the last name of the Populist Party's candidate for president in the 1896 election?

  1. Silver
  2. Gilded Age
  3. Bryan
  4. McKinley

Answer: C. Bryan

5. What was the awarding of government jobs to friends and supporters known as?

  1. Political Patronage
  2. Gilded Age
  3. Reform
  4. The Grange

Answer: A. Political Patronage

6. Who won the presidential election of 1896?

  1. Bryan
  2. McKinley
  3. Twain
  4. Lincoln

Answer: B. McKinley

7. What is the term used to describe the period of American history from 1870-1900?

  1. The Grange
  2. Gilded Age
  3. Political Patronage
  4. Reform

Answer: B. Gilded Age

8. The Populist movement inspired future _______(blank) efforts.

  1. Reform
  2. McKinley
  3. Tariffs
  4. Political Patronage

Answer: A. Reform

9. Farmers were concerned about the high ________ (blank) that affected the demand and price of their goods.

  1. Reform
  2. Debt
  3. Tariffs
  4. Silver

Answer: C. Tariffs

 

 

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