populism

Question 1

when did the knights of labor strike against “robber baron” Jay Gould?

Answer 1

1885

Question 2

what was the omnibus indictment act?

Answer 2

Cleveland made it to make some strikes illegal

Question 3

what was the interstate commerce act?

Answer 3

tried to stop rail price discrimination

Question 4

what was the 1894 Pullman strike?

Answer 4

workers struck against the Pullman palace car company after wage slashes.
injunctions were issued because it went against the antitrust act

Question 5

what was the 1895 “US vs E.C Knight Company” case?

Answer 5

the sugar refining company was ruled as not constituting a control of trade
(Sherman anti-trust act undermined)

Question 6

when was the Sherman antitrust act used?

Answer 6

against the standard oil company,American tobacco company and northern securities company

Question 7

what was the impact of the 1893 depression?

Answer 7

• stock market crash
• 15,00 companies and 600 banks closed
• national unemployment was 20%
• the rise of progressiveness
• the upsurge of business consolidation
• cleveland repealed the silver purchase act (back to gold standard)

Question 8

why was Cleveland criticised? (1893 depression)

Answer 8

• the laissez-faire attitude
• baking from banker JP Morgan of $62 million
• silver purchase act
• side with wall street men rather than little people

Question 9

what was the Sherman silver purchase act?

Answer 9

the government agreed to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver each month at half price for coinage

Question 10

what was the 1893 repeal of the silver purchase act?

Answer 10

cleveland removed the silver purchase act to try and increase confidence in the market with just gold

Question 11

what was the populist movement?

Answer 11

• a group wanting to improve working conditions, protect farmers from railroad companies and have more political power to compete with businesses
  (stemmed from granger movement, knights of labor and other alliances)

Question 12

what was the silver production in 1860 and 1890?

Answer 12

$150,000 and $57 million

Question 13

what were working conditions like?

Answer 13

very dangerous
75 hours per week - no breaks
no compensation
immigration (cheap labor)
strikes

Question 14

when was the case “knights of labour vs Jacobs?

Answer 14

1888

Question 15

when was the populist political party created?

Answer 15

1892

Question 16

how many votes did the populists win in the 1892 election and who was the representative?

Answer 16

1 million votes

Weaver

Question 17

what were the aims of the populist party?

Answer 17

regulation of railways
graduated income tax
8 hour working day
silver standard

Question 18

why did McKinley win the 1896 election?

Answer 18

• hanna gave him $3 million (to smear Bryans reputation)
• paid newspapers for support
• buisnesses blackmailed workers to vote for him
  (7 million votes in the election)

Question 19

how was the populist party successful?

Answer 19

• populist democratic leader in 1896
• progressives adopted many populist ideas
• 45 party member and 11 senators in congress
• 6 million votes in 1896
• 1 million votes in the first year

Question 20

by which election had the republicans lost the black vote?

Answer 20

1896

Question 21

how were newspapers and novelists involved in the movement?

Answer 21

they would expose corruption and move the public to demand reform
“muckraker”