Chapter 13 Section 4
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- Why did farmers think that an increased money supply would help solve their economic problems?
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- What were some of the causes of the farmers' economic problems in the late 19c?
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- What was the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act of 1878? Was it successful in achieving its purpose? Explain your answer.
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- How did the Grange and the Farmers' Alliances pave the way for the Populist Party?
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- Based on the Omaha Convention Platform, what were the main goals and reforms advocated by the Populist Party?
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- How successful were the populists in achieving their political agenda?
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- What caused the Panic of 1893? What was the impact of this depression on America's reform movements and on traditional American ideas regarding laissez faire?
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- Discuss the importance of gold and silver standards as issues in the presidential election of 1896. [refer to the chart in your textbook on the bottom of pg. 404].
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- Which groups supported each political candidate in the 1896 presidential election and why?
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- Identify Mark Hanna and explain his role in the 1896 election.
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- What was William Jennings Bryan's dilemma in the election of 1896?
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- Why did the Populist movement eventually collapse?
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- deflation
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- "cheap" money and "dear" money
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- Bland-Allison Act (1878)
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- middleman
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- Grange
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- cooperatives
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- Farmers' Alliance
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- populism
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- Populist ("People's") Party
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- William Jennings Bryan
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- Omaha Platform
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business cycle ("boom" or
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- laissez faire
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- bimetallism
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- William McKinley
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- "front-porch" campaign
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- "Gold Bugs" and "Silverites"
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- Cross of Gold speech
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