1. Tell me if each item was associated with democrats or republicans in the late 1800’s a. Populism

b. Wealthy Industrialists

c. Keeping the gold standard

d. Adding the silver standard

e. Poor farmers

f. William Jennings Bryan

g. William Mckinley

h. Shorter workdays and better wages

2. What are monopolies? Why did many people oppose them?

3. Explain the similarities and differences between andrew carnegie and john d. rockefeller.

how did their lives compare?

how did they treat their workers?

what did they do with their money?

4. Pick ONE of the following presidents and explain their time in office:

1. Andrew Johnson

2. Ulysses S. Grant

3. Rutherford B. Hayes

4. Grover Cleveland

5. William Mckinley

EXTRA

Pretend you are a farmer or a factory worker in 1896. write a letter to find you friend in another country explaining what was going on in america.

What was your life like?

How was life changing?

What challenges were you facing?

What new inventions or innovations were you seeing?

EXTRA

what is populism?

how does populism still exist in american politics today?