Chapter 19

Quiz for Document 19-1: Omaha Platform (1892)

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Question 1

In its 1892 platform, the National People’s Party identifies the problems that trouble the United States and proposes solutions that rely primarily on which of the following?A. A smaller and less active federal government
B. Cooperation among farmers and industrial workers
C. Collective action by the working class
D. Government intervention and regulation

Question 2

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 3

One of the most urgent issues the People’s Party wishes to address is 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 4

The Omaha Platform demands 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 5

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