1. what grassroots political movement, started by southern and western farmers, arose in the 1890s u. s. to fight banks, railroads, large corporations and other “elites”? a. populist movementb. farmers unitedc. entrepreneurship movementd. social gospel movement2. which characteristic has not yet been used to define a historical era in u. s. history? a. years of socialb. a land formc. a time of economic growth or failured. years of war3. which turning point event in the spanish-american war occurred in 1898? a. the u. s. withdrew from cubab. americans blamed spain for the sinking of the uss mainec. america gave financial support to cuban nationalists' revolution against spaind. the philippines declared independence from the u. s. rule after spain had transferred their rule of the philippines to the u. s.