6.4 Grangers and Populists Flashcards
1
Q
What did Grangers want to do?
A
Break hold of RR owners and middlemen
2
Q
What laws did several states pass to regulate railroads?
A
Granger Laws
3
Q
What case overturned the Munn decision in 1886?
A
Wabash v Illinois
4
Q
What did the Populist Party draft in 1892?
A
Omaha Platform (on quiz)
5
Q
Who led the army of jobless to DC?
A
Jacob Coxey
6
Q
What controversy was the Dem. Party split over in 1896?
A
Gold and silver
7
Q
Who won the election of 1896?
A
William McKinley
8
Q
Bimetalism
A
Two ways of standard (gold & silver)
9
Q
List the reasons for the end of Populism
A
Dem support, Bryan’s loss and improving farm prices
10
Q
Who made the “Cross of Gold” speech?
A
William J. Bryan
11
Q
“Social Gospel”
A
An influential reform movement
12
Q
Who organized National Grange?
A
Oliver H. Kelley (on quiz)
