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100

Which profession were primarily interested in the Populist party and Populism in general.

What are farmers?
100

Many of the goals of the Populist party were co sponsored by this major US party.

What is the Democratic Party?

100

This movement of farmers started by a former Department of Agriculture worker sought to provide news and educate farmers, with local chapters across the country.

What is the grange(r) movement?
100

The political ideology that claims to fight for the "common man" and opposes "elites".

What is populism?

100

This type of rock forms directly from volcanic action and cooling magma. The size of black crystals in the rock is determined by how long it took to completly cool.

What is igneous?

200

This nominee for the populist party and giver of the famous "Cross of Gold" speech.

Who is William Jennings Bryan?

200

Populists typically supported the nationalization of railroads and communication networks from these large conglomerates.

What are monopolies?

200

Coalition of Democrats and Populists, main issue of 1896 election, codified in law by Bland-Allison Act and Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

What is bimetallism?

200

The local chapters of the movment that seeked to educate farmers across the country.

What are granges?
200

Tom Buchanan's mistress in The Great Gatsby.

Who is Myrtle Wilson?

300

Female Populist and speech giver, known for quote "Raise less corn and more Hell!"

Who is Mary Elizabeth Lease?

300

Many pressure from many populists groups amounted in the passage of this massive progressive anti-monopoly reform.

What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

300
The Midwestern city where William Jennings Bryan gave his populist party platform, named after the city in which it was given.
Where is Omaha NE?
300

Metaphor used by William Jennings Bryan to discribe coinage of gold and use of gold standard, to the detriment of farmers.

What is a cross of gold?

300
The current superintent of QUFSD.

Who is Kyle Gannon?

400

The Populist/Democratic candidate's successful opponent in the 1896 election.

Who is William McKinley?
400

This supreme court case was the cumulation of the growing political support from the grange movement.

What is Munn v. Illinois?

400
Was a political movement who seeked to lower farm equipment prices and raise grain prices, initial supporters of Populist party.

What is the Farmers Alliance?

400

Large buildings where farmers can store their grain to sell it later at a higher price.

What are grain elevators?

400

Ms. Coccia's area study in collage.

What is Russian Studies?
500

This person and former DoA employee notably started the Grange movement across the Midwest.

Who is Oliver Hudson Kelley?

500

One of the two laws which enacted bimetallism (either one).

What are the Bland-Allison Act or Sherman Silver Purchase Act

500

Started by a former agriculture employee as the first iteration of the Granger movement.

What are the patrons of Husbandry?

500

After the US attempted to reintroduce silver as currency, silver production jumped, causing rapid this to occur to the price of silver.

What is deflation or devaluation?

500

What is the hypotonuse length of a right triangle with leg lengths of 12 and 8.

What is 4 radical 13?