Answer the following questions 1. Why did the Farmers Alliance want the government to own railroads and communications
systems?
2. The Southern Farmers Alliance allowed many non-farmers to join but excluded railroad
officials, bankers, cotton buyers, real estate brokers and shopkeepers. Why?
3. How were farm issues different from the issues faced by industrial workers?
1. Why did the Populist Party begin?
15. What groups did the Populist Movement attract?
6. What were the views/beliefs/platform of the Populists?
7. Explain the election of 1896. Include the key parties and candidates, and arguments.
8. Explain the Gold Standard Debate.
9. Why was the metal that backed paper currency such an important issue in the 1896
presidential campaign?