Author Question: The Populists gained strength when __________. A) Grover Cleveland joined the party B) a ... (Read 94 times)

clippers! · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

What was the impact of the selection of William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1896?

A) It virtually ensured a Democratic victory in November.
B) It alienated the Populists.
C) It prompted Conservative Democrats to leave the party or sit out the election.
D) It convinced the Republicans to nominate Grover Cleveland.

Question 2

__________ rose to fame as a result of his Cross of Gold speech at the 1896 Democratic convention.

A) Marcus Hanna
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) James G. Blaine
D) William Jennings Bryan

Question 3

In United States v. E. C. Knight, the Supreme Court __________.

A) sanctioned racial discrimination
B) limited the scope of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C) gave legal protection to labor unions
D) reversed its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 4

Which of the following was a consequence of the Pullman strike?

A) Railroad traffic ground a halt.
B) The nation faced a steel shortage.
C) Food prices skyrocketed.
D) Riots broke out in several American cities.

Question 5

The Populists gained strength when __________.

A) Grover Cleveland joined the party
B) a national economic depression hit in 1893
C) they won three Senate seats in the election of 1888
D) the Democrats split into two rival factions