Chapter 19

Quiz for Chapter Nineteen Analyzing Voices: The Omaha Platform, 1892

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Question 1

On what important commemorative day did the People’s Party adopt the Omaha Platform?A. Emancipation Day
B. Flag Day
C. Independence Day
D. Memorial Day

Question 2

One of the most urgent issues the People’s Party wished to address was the perceived restriction of money supply throughA. confiscation of private fortunes and estates.
B. distribution of welfare payments and credit to the poor.
C. monetizing silver and distributing currency.
D. nationalizing the banks and postal services.

Question 3

The Omaha Platform demanded that the railroads and the communication companies beA. broken up into smaller companies.
B. closely regulated by the government.
C. deregulated for greater efficiency.
D. owned and operated by the government.

Question 4

Based on the words of the platform and of the final ten nonbinding resolutions, what two major groups was the People’s Party most likely trying to bring together as a political force?A. Immigrants and the urban poor
B. Railroad workers and steelworkers
C. Rural ranchers and coastal exporters
D. Rural farmers and urban industrial labor