American History II
HW
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Important Populists – Mary Elizabeth Lease & William Jennings Bryan
Mary Elizabeth Lease– Taking a Stand for Farmers’ Rights
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Upon what was Mary Elizabeth Lease’s career based?
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How did she gain fame?
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How did she begin her speaking career?
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For what other groups did she speak?
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What kind of speeches did she deliver?
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What did her supporters call her?
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What did her detractors call her?
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How did she influence the beginning of the Populist Party?
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What did she tell voters as she campaigned with Populist Party presidential nominee James
Weaver?
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Who did she claim had taken control of the government?
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Who did she think was blameless in this matter?
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What did Lease do after the election of 1892?
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After breaking with the Populists, what did she profess as her vision for America?
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Who did she support for President in 1896?
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What other causes did she support?
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Who did she vote for president in 1912?
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William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech
1.
To what does William Jennings Bryan compare his cause?
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What are they (the Republicans) telling the Democrats about the Gold Standard?
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What does Bryan reply to this?
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According to Bryan, what will they (the Republicans) not find if they search the pages of
history?
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According to Mr. Carlisle, who are the two sides in this struggle?
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What simple question does Bryan ask?
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According to the party platform, on which side are the Democrats?
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What are the two ideas of government?
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According to what Bryan has been told, what do the great cities favor?
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Upon what does Bryan think the cities rest?
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What will happen if you burn down the cities but leave the farms?
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What will happen if you destroy the farms?
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Who shall help “fight them to the uttermost?”
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How shall “we answer their demands for a gold standard?”
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What metaphor is Bryan using as an example?
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