Chapter 13 (4&5) Flashcards
what was a movment to increase farmer’s political power and to work for legislation in their interest?
Populism
During the Civil War the government issued million of dollars in what?
Greenbacks
The increase of money supply without an increase in goods for sale causes what
Inflations
What did the government do to get inflation under control?
stopped printing greenbacks, began repaying bonds, and stopped making silver coins
Who founded the first national farm organization ( Patrons or Husbandry, or the Grange)
Oliver H. Kelley
Grangers pressured legislatures to regulat what
railroad and warehouse rates
As the Grange began to fall apart, what began to form>
Farmer’s Alliance
Who was the leader of the Farmers Alliance?
Charles W. Macune
Members of the Kansas Alliance formed the what?
Peoples Party (populists)
Who did the populists nominate to run for president in 1892?
James B. Weaver
What was the ratio of silver ounces to gold, in value
1 to 16
Populists endorsed what?
graduated income tax, proposals designed to appeal and organize labor
Who won between William Jennings Bryan and William Mckinley?
William McKinley
One specific problem that greatly concerned farmers was the nations…
currency
Greenback could not be exchanged for what or what
silver or gold
Some people particularly those in the west wanted the government to…
mint silver coins
What pooled farmer’s crops and held them off the market in order to force prices up?
Cooperatives
Who became convinced the African Americans would never be given a chance to better themselves?
Benjamin Singleton
African Americans were encouraged to move where?
To Kansas
Afriacn American Farmers established the…
Colored Farmers National Alliance
Election officials began using various method to make it practically impossible to African Americans to do what?
Vote
What section began imposing voting restrictions first?
The South
What state began requiring all people to pay a poll tax, and how much was it.
Mississippi, and $2
Mississippi also instuted a __________ that one had to pass before voting
literacy test
