Chapter 19 Section 4 Farming and Populism.

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Chapter 19 Section 4 Farming and Populism

Section 4 Terms and Names Homestead Act Exoduster Sodbuster Grange Cooperative Populist Party Gold Standard William Jennings Bryan

Section 4 Objective Questions How did the federal government encourage western settlement? What attracted African Americans and European immigrants to the West? How did new inventions help farmers meet the challenges of the Plains? What financial problems did farmers in the West and South face in the 1870’s? How did state and local government respond to farmers’ demands for help?

Section 4 Objective Questions 6) Why did Populists favor a free silver policy? 7) What were the arguments for and against free silver? 8) Who were the candidates in the election of 1896? What were the campaign positions of each candidate? 9) What events symbolized the closing of the frontier? 10) Why do historians today question Turner’s opinion about the importance of the frontier to American life?