Chapter 11 Politics and Protest   1. Which of the following was NOT characteristic of railroads in the West before 1900?     A) Railroads gave rebates to farmers.     B) Railroads paid bribes to local legislators.     C) Railroads watered down the value of their stocks.     D) Railroads pooled traffic in areas where they had competition.   2. What was the original purpose of the Grange?     A) to lobby for reforms to help the farmers     B) to provide a place where men could meet without their wives     C) to provide social activities for farmers     D) to get laws passed that would regulate railroads   3. What caused the decline of the Grange?     A) the business activities of the organization     B) the Munn v. Illinois decision     C) the Wabash Railway decision     D) the Southern Alliance   4. What was the Wabash Railway decision by the Supreme Court?     A) that states did not have the power to control railroads that crossed their borders     B) that railroads could be controlled for the public good     C) that states did have the power to control railroads that crossed their borders     D) that railroads were beyond the control of the public   5. Why was the Interstate Commerce Act unsuccessful in the short term?     A) It was repealed.     B) It lacked power to enforce regulations.     C) It did not appoint anyone responsible for enforcing its regulations.     D) It was vetoed by the president.   6. Which of the following was NOT a policy of the Populist Party?     A) that the demands of organized labor were of the highest importance     B) that political corruption must be stopped     C) that newspapers must stop letting themselves be dominated by business interests     D) that the United States must not adopt the gold standard   7. Who were the "Popocrats"?     A) Populists who voted for William Jennings Bryan     B) Northern Democrats with Populist principles     C) Populists who voted for Grover Cleveland     D) Southern Democrats with Populist principles   8. Who was the power behind the nomination of William McKinley for the presidency?     A) Mark Hanna     B) Grover Cleveland     C) William Jennings Bryan     D) Mary Elizabeth Lease   9. Who delivered the "cross of gold" speech for the Populist Party?     A) Grover Cleveland     B) William Jennings Bryan     C) J. Pierpont Morgan     D) Mary Elizabeth Lease   10. Which state had granted women the right to vote by 1900?     A) Kansas     B) Illinois     C) Tennessee     D) Colorado   11. Which of the following was a characteristic of socialism as it was taught by Karl Marx?     A) dedication to changing the entire social and political system     B) experimenting with cooperative communities     C) reforming the rules of land ownership     D) building a community of equals governed by the elite   12. Karl Marx expressed his economic philosophy in his book,     A) Progress and Poverty     B) The Communist Manifesto     C) The Theory of the Leisure Class     D) The American Socialist Party   13. What did Henry George hope to accomplish with the single tax?     A) to provide prosperity through use of land     B) to doom capitalism     C) to change the free enterprise system     D) to make the leisure class disappear   14. What did Thorstein Veblen mean by "conspicuous consumption"?     A) the lifestyle of those who lived in ghettos     B) a sickness that was very apparent     C) the use of vast resources just for show     D) the lifestyle of a community of equals governed by an elite group of social planners   15. Why didn't the most radical reform movements catch on in the United States?     A) Many Americans did not want change.     B) People near the bottom rung of the economic ladder felt that their situation was hopeless.     C) Most Americans who were not rich believed they would never get ahead.     D) Americans in general do not believe in the "rags to riches" story.