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Populist and Socialist Movements in Oklahoma Answers

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Why were many Oklahomans sympathetic to the populist movement?

Corporate leaders in the oil and mining industries encouraged Oklahomans to support the movement.

The territory lacked proper political organization prior to statehood.

Many Oklahomans were concerned about the government’s desire to move to money backed by silver.

Muckraking journalists had stirred up fears about corporate excesses.

What was the main goal of the Socialist Party?

to establish social and economic equality among the races in Oklahoma

to prohibit the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol in the United States

to put the control and ownership of economic production in the hands of the people

to expand corporate power in the banking and farming industries

The populist movement was __________.

a political movement in the late 1800s that was supported mostly by farmers

a social movement in the mid-1900s that was championed by industrial laborers

an economic movement in the late 1800s that was spurred on by the oil industry

a political movement in the early 1900s that championed American Indian rights

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