Those Pesky Populists!
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This congressman from Nebraska is known for his populist views and his revolutionary campaign style, touring the company giving speeches about his platform.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
100
Ratified in December of 1865, the 13th Amendment ended slavery in the United States, except under this condition.
What is criminal conviction?
100
Your awesome student teacher, Ms. Anderson, attends this college on the water in Beverly.
What is Endicott College?
100
In the 1880s and on, the US saw an influx of people coming to the country from different places than before, earning them this title.
What are the new immigrants?
100
Before the United States started its imperialist campaigns, its foreign policy followed this principle due to the chaos after the Civil War.
What is isolationism?
200
Many populists supported this method of money minting, the goal of which was to put more money in circulation and allow farmers to pay off their debts.
What is Free Silver?
200
Methods that the Redeemers used to restrict Black suffrage in the South included a poll tax, literacy tests, and this familial rule.
What is the grandfather clause?
200
Raking in almost $3 billion at the box office worldwide, this film holds the record of the highest-grossing movie of all time.
What is Avatar (2009)?
200
With the support of racist anti-immigrant groups, the government passed this law in 1882 barring Chinese laborers from coming to the US.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
200
American intervention in Cuba -- which led to the Spanish-American War -- was sparked in part by the explosion of this ship in Havana.
What is the USS Maine?
300
Although most of the Populist Party's goals failed, this one is in effect today, put into law by the 17th Amendment.
What is direct election of senators?
300
In this landmark Supreme Court Case, the infamous "separate but equal" doctrine was affirmed which allowed segregation in the South for another 60 years.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
In recent years, this emoji has soared to the top of the "most-used" list.
What is the loudly crying face? 
300
In 1898, the Supreme Court made a monumental decision in the United States vs. Wong Kim Ark case, which scrutinized this specific aspect of an amendment.
What is the Citizenship Clause (Fourteenth Amendment)?
300
White American leaders used this twist on a biological concept to justify their takeover of small territories across the world.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
Before the People's Party became a national platform, this organization advocated for populist ideals.
What is the Farmers' Alliance?
400
After the end of the Civil War, many white southerners mourned the life they previously had, coining this term for their Confederate "heritage".
What is the Lost Cause?
400
With over 135 million metric tons produced annually, this fruit is the most consumed in the world.
What are bananas?
400
The influx of immigrants in the late 19th century brought about strong feelings of nativism in some people, resulting in the formation of this organization that fought to limit immigration.
What is the Immigrant Restriction League?
400
As the Secretary of State sought to buy Alaska from Russia in 1867, many members of the government used this joking term to describe the purchase as a mistake.
What is "Seward's Folly"?