Challenges Faced by Farmers in America's Gilded Age Quiz

Significant immigration, urbanization, new land available for cultivation in the West, efficient transportation via the transcontinental railroad, and innovations in farming technology.

The increase in wheat production and conversion of new farmland led to a surplus, causing prices to go down and negatively impacting the farmers who had gone into debt to invest in their farms.

Challenges faced by American farmers during the Gilded Age included falling prices due to surplus, competition from bumper crops in South America and Europe, and the impact of protective tariffs on farm goods.

<p>The Granger movement and Farmers' Alliances were organized movements by farmers to address their grievances and advocate for their rights. The Granger movement emerged in 1867.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Causes of distress and discontent among American farmers during the Gilded Age included falling prices, competition from foreign markets, and the burden of debt from investing in their farms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some goals of the Populist Party included a one-term limit for the presidency, direct election of senators, recalls on public officials, and secret ballots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>James Weaver</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Populists campaigned against Eastern financial interests and their alleged conspiracy to replace America's agrarian tradition with an industrial future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Most Populists defected from the Democrat Party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>William Jennings Bryan</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary concerns of the Grange and Farmers' Alliances were the monopolistic pricing of the railroads and the federal government's economic policies that favored industry over agriculture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Munn v. Illinois case that when a business affected the public interest, the government had the right to regulate it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farmers advocated for the use of silver to back dollars in order to increase the money supply and create inflation, which would help them pay off their debts more easily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some of the economic and democratic reforms proposed by the Populist Party included the free coinage of silver, a graduated income tax, government ownership of railroads and telegraph lines, the abolition of national banks, and lowering protective tariffs for manufacturing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Farmers believed that the gold standard led to deflation because it stabilized the currency and discouraged inflation, making it harder for farmers in debt to pay off their loans.</p> Signup and view all the answers