Self Test 2.2 - 3.2

TRUE or FALSE: The period from 1880 to 1910 was part of the Victorian Era, a time when American culture put women on pedestals and limited them to the roles of wife and mother in society. Consequently, there were virtually no women (less than 1.5%) in the American work force during this time period.

False

This organization was founded by Oliver H. KELLEY in 1867. It's initial goal was improve American farming by spreading news of new agricultural technology and by promoting a sense of community.

Grange

A number of major strikes were presented in lecture. One of them took place at one of Andrew CARNEGIE's steel plants in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This strike was the consequence of CARNEGIE's efforts to drive the AFL union out of this plant. This was the ______________________.

Homestead Strike

TRUE or FALSE: During the labor unrest and strikes of the 1877-1894 time period in the United States, government (both state and federal) showed a marked tendency (with some notable exceptions) to side with management rather than with labor.

True

TRUE or FALSE: In 1891 the Farmers Alliance held a convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. At this convention they laid out a blueprint for creating a political party, but they stopped short of actually creating a party at that time.

True

TRUE or FALSE: The Populist Party did well in elections across the United States in both 1892 and 1894.

True

TRUE or FALSE: The free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-to-1 was seen by its supporters as a cure for the financial problems of farmers and workers because it would increase the money supply and increase inflation.

True

TRUE or FALSE: Workers are paid wages (usually by the hour or day)

True

The Sub-Treasury Plan dealt with:

A means for farmers to warehouse their crops in order to sell when market prices were higher

The Crash of '93 caused the greatest depression in U.S. history up to that point in time. From the list below, select the THREE items that were presented in lecture as causes of the Crash of '93

Agricultural overproduction Federal gold mismanagement Slipshod railroad financing

Charles W. MACUNE and Leonidas POLK were leaders of this organization:

Alliance

This organization was originally founded in Lampasas County, Texas and grew as a result of conventions held in the Texas cities of Cleburne and Waco.

Alliance

Which organization issued the "Cleburne Demands" in 1886?:

Alliance

Leonidas POLK was an Alliance leader who believed that the Alliance should become more directly involved in politics. This would eventually result in the formation of the People's Party, more commonly known as the Populist Party. In 1890, before the creation of the People's Party, what measure did the Alliance use as a halfway step towards direct involvement in politics?

Alliance Yardstick

Samuel GOMPERS was a leader of the __________________.

American Federation of Labor

Which of the following limited its membership to skilled workers and viewed collective bargaining as its primary means of reaching its goals.

American Federation of Labor

From the list of items below, select the ONE that was NOT a policy of the Southern/National farmers Alliance.

Civil rights for African-American farmers

Select the three statements that are TRUE about the average industrial work place in the 1880s and 1890s.

Climate control optimized for machine tools Workers put in 10-11 hours per day, six says a week Minimal safety engineering

Select the TWO statements below that are TRUE about the Colored Farmers Alliance (CFA):

Controlled by the Southern Farmers Alliance Originated in Texas

Which of the following organizations was most popular in the Rocky Mountain West and used the slogan "One Big Union."

Industrial Workers of the World

The Populists advocated various political reforms in the 1890s. One of these was the provision that the people themselves could, on occasion, directly decide whether to make a bill into law by voting on it on election day. This reform was known as the ________________.

Initiative

From the list of nations below, select the FOUR that were among the places that "New Immigrants" to the United States came from in the 1880-1910 time period.

Italy Poland Russia Slovakia

Terence V. POWDERLEY was a leader of the __________________.

Knights of Labor

The People's Party (commonly called the Populist Party) was formally created in February 1892 and immediately began preparing for that year's presidential election. The party had an established leader with strong national support whom they believed would make a strong showing in the polls in November. Unfortunately for the Populists, this man died in June 1892. Identify him:

Leonidas Polk

During the 1890s, the Populists frequently used fusion as a political technique. Fusion called for the Populists to temporarily ally themselves with another political party, in order to have a better chance of unseating the party in power. This is the state where the Populists enjoyed their greatest success using fusion:

North Carolina

In 1894 and 1896, the Populists had considerable success in the state of North Carolina. What did they do there that allowed this success to occur?

Politically fused with North Carolina Republicans

James WEAVER was the nominee for president of which of the following political parties in the 1892 election?

Populist Party

The "Silver Question" played a crucial role in the presidential election of 1896. Political parties with a "Silver Platform" called for implementation of the Populist idea that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-to-1. A "Gold Platform," on the other hand, was against increasing the money supply by means of minting more silver coins. Of the three major parties involved in the 1896 election, which one used a "Gold Platform"?

Republican Party

Eugene V. DEBS was a leader of the __________________.

Socialist Party of America

"Granger Laws" were implemented in four states during the 1870s. What did "Granger Laws" focus on?

State regualtions of railroads and grain elevators

From the list below, select the THREE items that were NOT amongst those discussed in lecture as negatives for farmers during the; latter decades of the 19th Century:

The 1890s Great Plains influenza epidemic Arrival of the turnip moth, a significant pest to many root crops Medical conditions linked as side-effects to newly introduced organo-phosphate pesticides

Select the THREE statements below concerning the Pullman strike that are FALSE.

The Haymarket Square bombing was part of this strike Strikers demanded implementation of the sub-treasury plan The strike was led by "Big Bill" HAYWOOD and the IWW

The Crash of '93 caused _____________________________.

The worst economic depression in U.S. history up to that time

Who delivered the "Cross of Gold" Speech?

William Jennings Bryan

Marcus "Dollar Mark" HANNA was behind which candidate in 1896?

William McKinley

Which candidate won the 1896 presidential election?

William Mckinley