Populists - United States History

In 1892 the Ocala Platfrom was created in Omaha, Nebraska. The group focused on getting rid of tight credit (sound money) policies the hurt long term (continuous debt) insdutries such as farming. The name of the group that created the Ocala Platform was which of the following?

In the late 19th century interest rates had risen (hurting long term, continuous denbtors like farmers) beacues of a decrease of the amount of money in circulation. The government stopped creating silver coins causing a decrease of the amount of money in cuirculation and increase in interest rates. What was the law that caused interest rates to increase?

In 1886 in the case of Wabash v. Illinois (also known as "the Wabash Cases") the Supreme Court ruled that states could neither set nor regulate interstate railroad rates. The most immediate result of theat decision was which of the following?

Dating back to Thomas Jefferson in 1800 (the Democratic-Republican Party and later Democratic Party) and John Fremont in 1856 (Republican Party) we have been a country of two national political parties, the Democrats and Republicans. Founded in Omaha in 1892, with William Jennings Bryan as their candidate for president in 1896, what "third party" (independent party) represented the interests of farmers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

Populists shared a significant discontent with the amount of currency in circulation, bankers, and eastern fianciers. This discontent was previously seen in whose presidency?

"This is a nation of inconsistencies. The Puritans fleeing from oppression became oppressors. We fought England for our liberty and put chains on four million of blacks. We wiped out slavery and our tariff laws and national banks began a system of white wage slavery worse than the first. Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master. The West and South are bound and prostrate before the manufacturing East." Mary Elizabeth Lease (Populist Reformer credited with saying that Kansas farmers should "raise less corn and more hell." By the quote "We wiped out slavery and our tariff laws and national banks began a system of white wage slavery worse than the first." Lease is suggesting support for which of the following?

Initiative (being able to propose laws), referendum (a direct vote on creating laws), recall (removing someone from office before their term expires), and the Australian Ballot (secret ballot) were unsuccessfully proposed by the Populists but letter put into action by what group?