All of the following were effects of mechanization of farm labor except:

The bonanza farms never attained the status of a factory.

What were the deepest economic problems faced by most western farmers in the late nineteenth century?

Deflation and lower prices for their products

What did the least organized—and therefore most exploited—sector of the late nineteenth century economy consist of?

Farmers

What did the Populist Party advocate for, among other things, in its first years?

A graduated income tax and government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephone

What was the grandfather clause?

A regulation that exempted from voting requirements anyone who could prove his ancestors had been able to vote in 1860

All of the following were contributors to the economic depression that began in 1893 except:

A surplus

All of the following are true of the election of 1896 except:

Democrats were led by the sitting president.

What was the 1894 Pullman strike ended by?

Sending in federal troops to crush it

What term do scholars use to describe national politics from 1896 to 1932?

Fourth party system