Discuss the three most important reasons for the rise and fall of Populism. What role did the election of 1896 play in its demise?
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a. deforesting Lebanon to build ships b. conquering Persia c. the creation of a law code d. opening up trade with Oman e. inventing a writing system
Economists incorrectly worried that if the consumer economy fulfilled most desires and the welfare state kept everyone above water then productivity would
A. not vary greatly. B. rise. C. decline. D. rise significantly.
Which of the following statements about the poorest class of white southerners is FALSE?
A. They suffered from pellagra, hookworm, and malaria. B. They supported themselves by foraging or hunting. C. They were known variously as "crackers" or "sand hillers." D. They often felt affinity with slaves as members of another oppressed class. E. They were forced to resort at times to eating clay.
The ambitious scheme devised by Tecumseh for a confederacy that would unite northwestern tribes with those of the South was based on
A. revenge for the defeat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. B. longstanding Shawnee links between the two. C. a unified rejection of whiskey and white ways of living. D. embracing the spiritual renewal of the Shawnee Prophet.