Chapter Twenty

Question 1

the farmers alliance farmers faced a series of economic challenges

Answer 1

•falling prices
•rising railroad rates
•insufficient currency (silver)
•credit system dominated by eastern interests

Question 2

what is its defined symbol

Answer 2

Family

Question 3

despite its failure, it is regarded as the precursor to the

Answer 3

united states populist party

Question 4

peoples party sought 3 things

Answer 4

1. subtreasury
   2.land reform
2. currency

Question 5

they also sought direct election of senators secret ballot, recall elected officials, right to initiate legislation

Answer 5

referendums

Question 6

the homestead lockout was steelworkers vs?

Answer 6

carnegie

Question 7

who was jailed

Answer 7

eugene V. debs

Question 8

the homestead and pullman strikes of the 1890s demonstrated that

Answer 8

the federal courts and federal government weighed in on the side of business

Question 9

coxeys army

Answer 9

massillon ohio

Question 10

Coxeys army

Answer 10

Massillon ohio

Question 11

democratic candidate william jennings bryan whipped the convention into a frenzy

Answer 11

cross of gold

Question 12

abandoning isolationism

Answer 12

•the depression of 94 provided the impetus for commercial expansion profits abroad
was protecting american interests in the western hemisphere
from european countries seeking to assert their power here

Question 13

Sec. Of state open door policy

Answer 13

John hay

Question 14

exaggerates and sensationalizes the truth

Answer 14

yellow journalism

Question 15

feb 15, 1898 what mysteriously explodes in havana harbor killing 267 americans

Answer 15

U.S.S. Maine

Question 16

rough riders

Answer 16

theodore roosevelt

Question 17

treaty of paris 1898 gave americans

Answer 17

puerto rico, guam, and the philippines