17. WORKERS AND FARMERS IN THE AGE OF ORGANIZATION, 1877

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Farmers and Workers Organize Two Views Documents 17.2 and 17.3

Quiz for Comparative Analysis Farmers and Workers Organize: Two Views Documents 17.2 and 17.3

Choose the best answer to the question.

1. What do the title and language of “The Ten Commandments of the Grange” imply about the Grange movement?

It had union sympathies.

It supported big business and industry.

It was likely rooted in religious ideals.

It was composed largely of lawyers.

2. What major issue appears several times throughout “The Populist Party Platform,” signifying its importance to the Populists?

Military strength

Immigration

Telegraph system

Railroad rates

3. What similar issues appear to be addressed within both the Grange Ten Commandments and the Populist Party Platform?

Income taxes

Pinkertons

Life insurance

Monopolies

4. What socioeconomic groups did both the Grangers and the Populists want to help?

Rich business owners

Immigrants

Working classes

Middle-class women

5. What do the articles reveal about social and economic tensions in the late 1800s?

The lower and middle classes felt increasingly oppressed by the rich.

Industrialization was slowing down, resulting in unemployment.

The Gilded Age was nearing its end as the wage gap disappeared.

Immigrants were becoming increasingly political powerful.

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