How did the money question divide American society in the late ...

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Question 1

Who incorporated elements of the Populist agenda into the Democratic political platform in the election of 1896?
 
  A) William McKinley
  B) William Jennings Bryan
  C) Mark Hanna
  D) Nicholas Biddle

Question 2

What did the Ocala Demands ask Congress to do?
 
  A) deregulate the banking industry
  B) limit the money supply
  C) endorse the gold standard
  D) authorize the coining of silver

Question 3

What do popular responses to the economic depression of the 1890s reveal about peoples expectations in the late nineteenth century?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

How did the money question divide American society in the late nineteenth century?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: D

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Jacob Coxeys march on Washington reflected an expectation that government should assume responsibility for the economy and the well-being of the people.
b. Labor strikes such as the ones in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and Pullman, Illinois, reflected workers expectations for fair wages.
c. The platform of the Peoples Party reflected an expectation of the government to regulate the economy in favor of ordinary people.
d. The Populist movement reflected an expectation that government should serve the people and not Wall Street.
e. The dominance of farmers in the Populist movement reflected farmers expectation that government should be responsive to their particular needs.

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The money question centered on whether gold or silver should be the basis of the monetary system.
b. Differences on the money question reflected the class, geographical, and political divisions in the United States.
c. Supporters of gold tended to be creditors, city dwellers, businessmen, and Easterners.
d. Supporters of silver tended to be debtors, rural residents, farmers, and Westerners.
e. In the 1896 presidential election, the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan, supported silver.
f. The Republican candidate, William McKinley, supported gold.