Populism and Segregation (Test Answers)

After reconstruction, most African Americans in the rural south lived in poverty and chronic debt as __________, landless farmers who gave heir landlords a large portion of their crops as rent

sharecroppers

Newly freed slaves who left the South and migrated westward, primarily to Kansas

Exodusters

To let more whites vote, Louisiana allowed any man to vote who had an ancestor who voted in 1867. This was called the ______________-

Grandfather Clause

Paper money issued by the government during the Civil war to increase the nation's money supply

Greenbacks

Republicans who advocated for civil service reform

Halfbreeds

The statutes enforcing segregation in the South were known as _______ laws

Jim Crow

This required Mississippi voters to be able to read and understand the state constituion

Literacy test

Republicans who did not favor civil service reform

Stalwarts

Match each item with the correct statement below a. cooperatives b. people's party c. mugwumps d. populism e. the Grange organizations that worked for the benefit of their members working together

a. cooperatives

The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson established a legal basis for a. discrimination against African Americans b. African American voting rights c. full equality for African Americans d. African American migration to Kansas

a. discrimination against African Americans

In the late 1800s, new technology helped farmers produce more crops, which tended to a. lower prices b. raise prices c. raise quality d. lower quality

a. lower prices

The stage was set for legalized segregation in 1883, when the Supreme Court overturned which of the following? a. the Civil Rights Act of 1875 b. the Fourteenth Amendment c. Reconstruction d. the Fifteenth Amendment

a. the Civil Rights act of 1875

Which of the following set out the doctrine of "separate but equal," establishing a legal basis for segregation that would last more than 50 years? a. the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson b. the Pendleton act c. the Supreme Court's decision in Wabash v. Illinois d. the Chinese Exclusion Act

a. the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

The Populist Party declined after the election of 1896, when a. pro-silver Democrats did not vote with the Populists b. Populists supported losing candidate William Jennings Bryan c. many Democrats promised to support Populist programs d. Populists won control of several state legislatures

b. Populists supported losing candidate William Jennings Bryan

Match each item with the correct statement below a. cooperatives b. people's party c. mugwumps d. populism e. the Grange They campaigned for the free coinage of silver in the 1896 election

b. people's party

Mississippi took the first step to prohibit African Americans from voting when it required that all citizens registering to vote pay a a. literacy fee b. poll tax c. head tax d. voting fee

b. poll tax

Match each item with the correct statement below a. cooperatives b. people's party c. mugwumps d. populism e. the Grange Republicans that supported Cleveland against Blaine

c. Mugwumps

Which of the following did the People's Party -- also known as the Populists -- call for in 1892? a. tax breaks for businesses b. a new tariff law c. a graduated income tax d. gold-based currency

c. a graduated income tax

Beginning in the late 1800s, Southern states used a loophole in the wording of the Fifteenth Amendment to impose restrictions that a. allowed private groups to discriminate against African Americans b. prevented African Americans from owning their own farms c. barred African Americans from voting in elections d. required African Americans to use separate facilities

c. barred African Americans from voting in elections

Under the Pendleton Act of 1883, some government jobs were now filled by a. appointments made by members of Congress b. people who raised money for a political party's election camaign c. job applicants who performed well on competitive written examinations d. a quota system that balanced the number of jobs going to each party's supporters

c. job applicants who performed well on competitive written examinations

The People's Party, also known as the ______________, was formed in 1890 to elect candidates who would fight for the interests of farmers a. Grange b. farmers' alliance c. populists d. cross of gold

c. populists

This Democrat gained the support of Populists when he ran for president in 1896 a. William McKinley b. James B Weaver c. Grover Cleveland d. William Jennings Bryan

d. William Jennings Bryan

Ida B. Wells was an african American journalist who launched a camaign against a. voting restrictions b. segregation c. poverty d. lynching

d. lynching

Match each item with the correct statement below a. cooperatives b. people's party c. mugwumps d. populism e. the Grange a movement to increase the political power of farmers

e. the Grange

Match each item with the correct statement below a. cooperatives b. people's party c. mugwumps d. populism e. the Grange popular name for the Patrons of Animal Husbandry

e. the Grange