4-4B Populism & Klondike Version en ligne Gilded Age: Populist Movement and Klondike Gold Rush. (all answers are singular, not plural) par Lance Hiles A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Starts with A 1890: struggling farmers formed the Farmer's ____ to help each other, but it failed. Starts with B Farmers formed the Populist Party because they felt Republicans favored industry and the _____ . Starts with C Greenbacks were paper ____ that could not be exchanged for gold or silver. Starts with D _____ : there is too little money in the economy, so the value of money increases, and prices decrease. Starts with E Greenbacks were paper currency that could not be ____ for gold or silver coins Starts with F _____ money is valuable only because the government says so, opposed to gold & silver, which are also valuable metals. Starts with G 1867: struggling farmers formed the ____ to help each other, but it failed. Starts with H To reach the Klondike, prospectors had to book passage to Skagway, ____ 30 miles over mountains, then sail 500 miles. Starts with I _____ is an increase in money without an increase in sales, which causes the value of money to decline. Starts with J Since republicans & democrats would not meet their needs, farmers nominated ____ Weaver as their populist presidential candidate. Starts with K The Populist goal of increasing the money supply came about following the election of 1896, due to the _____ Gold Rush . Starts with L Deflation hurt farmers because now a _____ & a mortgage were more expensive. Starts with M Deflation hurt famers because rising interest rates made a _____ more expensive. Starts with N After the civil war, ___ technology allowed farmers to produce more crops, which caused prices to fall. Contains O Klondike Gold Rush poured millions of dollars into nation's _____ supply, and farmers were less distressed. Starts with P Economic crisis after Civil War led farmers to join the _____ Movement, to increase farmers’ political power. Contains Q One year of supplies was _____ so prospectors didn’t starve. Starts with R 100,000 people set out for Klondike to “strike it ____”, but only a few hundred became wealthy. Starts with S After Civil War, U.S. attacked inflation by stopping the production of ____ coins, and then there was not enough money in the economy. Starts with T One obstacle facing farmers was a high ____ , which made it difficult to sell goods overseas. Starts with U The People's Party failed to win the election of 1896, because they could not appeal to ____ workers in the northeast. Starts with V When you increase the money supply without increasing the goods for sale, this causes a decline in the _____ of money. Starts with W _____ farmers wanted silver coins issued, in order to solve the deflation problem. Contains X The Grange created a cooperative, or an ____ , where farmers increased prices & lowered costs. Starts with Y 1896, prospector discovered gold near the Klondike River in the ____ territory. Contains Z If farmers wanted the government to produce more silver coins, they had to ____ politically.