Agrarian Revolt

Question 1

The Grange

Answer 1

A group of farmers who hoped to end sectionalism. They:

-Provided social/educational functions for its members.

-Created farmer cooperatives, which lowered prices

-Caused a series of Granger Laws to be passed in mid-western states.

Question 2

Granger Laws

Answer 2

Pro-agrarian laws that were enacted in mid-west states due to the Grange.

Question 3

Oliver H. Kelly

Answer 3

Founder of the Grange in 1869.

Question 4

C. W. Macune

Answer 4

Founder of the first Farmers Alliance in 1875.

Question 5

Farmers’ Alliance

Answer 5

Local protective agency in Pampasas City, TX with the goal of providing social, educational, and economic assistance to its members. Eventually turned to politics.

Question 6

Sub-Treasury Plan

Answer 6

Plan proposed by C. W. Macune in 1890 at Ocala, Florida. Called for the Federal government to construct a warehouse in all cities with over $250,000 in agricultural production. The warehouses would store excess crops, creating a lower supply for higher prices. It also said that if the government needed help, they would need to provide up to 80% of the value of the crops. The Bourbons shot it down.

Question 7

“Pitchfork” Ben Tillman

Answer 7

In South Carolina, he became both the governor of South Carolina and a U.S. Senator. He opposed Reconstruction, and was smart, but poor. He helps found the land grant college in his state, creating Clemson, and has the support of the Farmers’ Alliance due to being a Democrat.

Question 8

William J. Northen

Answer 8

Alliance member who became governor of Georgia.

Question 9

Tom Watson

Answer 9

Alliance member who became a Congressman for Georgia.

Question 10

Reuben F. Kolb

Answer 10

Popular alliance member who was defeated in an election by a coalition of bourbons.

Question 11

Kolb’s Gem

Answer 11

What Reuben F. Kolb was famous for, a watermelon with a thick rind.

Question 12

Milfred F. Howard

Answer 12

Left the Democratic Party to join the People’s Party. A heavy drinker and a writer.

Question 13

“If Christ Came to Congress”

Answer 13

Muckraking book written by Milfred F. Howard after he was elected to Congress.

Question 14

Negro Farmer’s Alliance

Answer 14

Group of working class southerners, both white and black. Estimated 1,000,000 members who helped endorse the right of black people and aided the Republicans in defeating the bourbons.

Question 15

Grover Cleveland

Answer 15

President blamed for the Depression of 1894, defender of the gold standard.

Question 16

The Gold Standard

Answer 16

Non-inflationary, fiscally conservative system where each dollar is backed by a dollar’s worth of gold somewhere.

Question 17

Free Silver

Answer 17

A system that has free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-1 (16 silver for 1 gold). Promoted by inflationists.

Question 18

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 18

Segregation laws promoted by the Bourbons. These laws were put in place to ensure blacks and whites wouldn’t work together again to threaten the bourbon’s rule over the south.

Question 19

Positive Effects of the Agrarian Revolt

Answer 19

• Farmers learned to use collective clout to get what they want.
• Basic political reforms are enacted.
• More white males are voting.

Question 20

William McKinley

Answer 20

Republican Candidate, beat William Jennings Bryan in the presidential election due to democrats being blamed for the Depression.

Question 21

William Jennings Bryan

Answer 21

Democratic Candidate. He took the People’s Party’s free silver platform and ran on it himself, delivering the Cross of Gold speech. He ran for president with Tom Watson as vice president but lost to William McKinley.

Question 22

“Cross of Gold”

Answer 22

Speech given by William Jennings Bryan. In this speech he denounced the gold standard and promoted the free silver system. This speech made the Democratic party turn to him for candidate.

Question 23

1896 National Election

Answer 23

Election in which William Jennings Bryan ran against William McKinley. McKinley won as the Democrats were blamed for the Depression.

Question 24

People’s Party

Answer 24

Political Party made by Farmer’s Alliance members. This party was made to help the alliance get their policies they wanted, since they couldn’t get what they wanted by helping the Democrats.

Question 25

James S. Hogg

Answer 25

Alliance member who won an election in Texas.

Question 26

Leonidas Polk

Answer 26

Alliance member who won an election in North Carolina