17. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 17: The Meanings of Populism

**Quiz for Document 17.1: Frank Doster, Labor Day Speech (1894)**

Quiz for Document 17.1: Frank Doster, Labor Day Speech (1894)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Who are the “monopolists” that Frank Doster decries in this speech?

The U.S. government

Industrialists

Inventors

Wall Street bankers

2. Why, according to Frank Doster, hadn’t the mainstream political parties intervened in the economy?

They benefited greatly from industrialization and did not want to change the economy.

They did not believe the government had a constitutional right to influence the economy.

They did not recognize that industrialization had caused any problems in the United States.

They were paralyzed by the tremendous power industrial capitalists wielded.

3. According to Frank Doster, what is the best course of action to limit the power of monopolies?

Farmers should industrialize their agricultural tools to compete with the monopolies.

Citizens should rebel against the monopolies that threaten the peace and safety of the nation.

The federal government should enact new laws that will reduce the monopolies’ influence.

American workers and farmers should run for political office.

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