1. what began the panic of 1893?
a. high tariffs drove up costs and caused inflation.
b. gold dropped below a certain level in the u. s. treasury.
c. the gold standard was reinstated.
d. the u. s. government instituted unlimited silver coinage.

2. which of the following re-established the silver dollar as a form of currency and committed the u. s. government to the purchase of a certain amount of silver each month for coinage?
a. bland-allison act
b. mckinley tariff act
c. morrill land grant act
d. sherman silver purchase act

3. which group was key to mckinley's victory in the presidential election of 1896?
a. democrats
b. populists
c. farmers
d. business owners

4. which of the following was a major concern for the national grange?
a. corporate income tax
b. manufacturing prices
c. railroad monopolies
d. urban poverty

5. what was one success achieved by granges?
a. railroads were placed under federal control.
b. state laws limited transport and storage charges.
c. they took ownership of grain elevators in some states.
d. banks extended credit to failing farms.

"as long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed the diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. the protection of these faculties is the first object of government. from the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results, and from the influence of these on the sentiments and views of the respective proprietors, ensues a division of the society into different interests and parties." - publius (james madison), federalist no. 10 based on the text, which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with? a: political liberty is best protected by the fragmentation of political power in a large republic. b: political liberty is best protected by a small republic with a unicameral legislature. c: political liberty is least protected in large republic with lots of fractions. d: political liberty is best protected by a particularly democracy.