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US History Populism Test 1

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History Test 1 (Us Populism) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — Us Populism USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — Us Populism.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 1 (Us Populism) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 1 (Us Populism) · Country: USA · Region: USA — Us Populism

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
Where was Omaha convention?
A) 1892 Nebraska
B) Chicago
C) St. Louis
D) Kansas City
Question 2
Which of these did Lease urge?
A) Grow more
B) Raise less corn
C) Sell farms
D) Quit voting
Question 3
Which term means "16 to 1 coinage"?
A) the Grange
B) the Alliance
C) free silver
D) the subtreasury
Question 4
What was the party's end?
A) Won 1900
B) Merged GOP
C) Became Democrats
D) Faded by 1908
Question 5
What best defines the Pullman strike?
A) 1894 rail boycott
B) Mine strike
C) Steel strike
D) Farm revolt
Question 6
Which term means "Government crop loans"?
A) free silver
B) the subtreasury
C) the Grange
D) the Alliance
Question 7
Which term means "Gold standard law"?
A) free silver
B) the Grange
C) the 1900 Gold Act
D) the Alliance
Question 8
Who was Mary Lease?
A) Suffrage boss
B) Banker
C) Teacher
D) Raise less corn speaker
Question 9
Which of the following best defines Debs's later role?
A) Socialist candidate
B) Banker
C) General
D) Governor
Question 10
What best defines the Alliance?
A) Bank league
B) Southern farm network
C) Rail pool
D) Mine union
Question 11
Who was Sockless Jerry?
A) Banker
B) Rail king
C) Simpson the radical
D) General
Question 12
Provide the definition of the silverite dream:
A) Paper only
B) Gold only
C) No money
D) Bimetallic money
Question 13
What case limited states?
A) Wabash 1886
B) Munn
C) Plessy
D) Brown
Question 14
Name Mary Lease.
A) Suffrage boss
B) Raise less corn speaker
C) Banker
D) Teacher
Question 15
Which of the following best defines fusion?
A) Merger with GOP
B) Bank union
C) Democrat-Populist alliance
D) Rail pool
Question 16
Which term means "Rail overbuilding"?
A) free silver
B) the Grange
C) the Alliance
D) the Panic's cause
Question 17
What was the gold bug view?
A) Sound money only
B) Free silver
C) Paper floods
D) Barter return
Question 18
Which person was Mary Lease?
A) Suffrage boss
B) Raise less corn speaker
C) Banker
D) Teacher
Question 19
Which person was "Alliance leader"?
A) Mary Lease
B) Sockless Jerry
C) Leonidas Polk
D) Ignatius Donnelly
Question 20
Which person led Coxey's?
A) Debs
B) Gompers
C) Bryan
D) Jacob Coxey

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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