Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the "Gold Bugs".

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Democrats who left t

Question 2

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

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A)  restoration of protective tariffs. 
B)  enactment of an income tax. 
C)  government programs for those unemployed as a result of the depression. 
D)  guaranteeing unions the right to organize and collectively bargain. 
E)  free and unlimited coinage of silver. 
A)  restoration of protective tariffs. 
B)  enactment of an income tax. 
C)  government programs for those unemployed as a result of the depression. 
D)  guaranteeing unions the right to organize and collectively bargain. 
E)  free and unlimited coinage of silver.

Question 3

Which William McKinley backer believed that the role of government was to aid business?

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A)  Marcus Alonzo Hanna 
B)  J.P. Morgan 
C)  Andrew Carnegie 
D)  William Jennings Bryan 
E)  William Allen White 
A)  Marcus Alonzo Hanna 
B)  J.P. Morgan 
C)  Andrew Carnegie 
D)  William Jennings Bryan 
E)  William Allen White

Question 4

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

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The major technological innovation that

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Oliver H. Kelley.

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Minnesota farmer and

Question 6

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

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A)  were divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  did not believe they could compete politically with wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons. 
D)  were too busy trying to eke out a living. 
E)  were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic. 
A)  were divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages. 
B)  did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. 
C)  did not believe they could compete politically with wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons. 
D)  were too busy trying to eke out a living. 
E)  were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic.

Question 7

Were populists radicals or reactionaries? Support your answer with the arguments presented in the text.

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Populists can be seen as both radicals a

Question 8

Late 19th-century Populist farmers held grievances against

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A)  railroads. 
B)  state governments. 
C)  corporations and processors who provided products and services for farmers. 
D)  the two major political parties. 
E)  banks. 
A)  railroads. 
B)  state governments. 
C)  corporations and processors who provided products and services for farmers. 
D)  the two major political parties. 
E)  banks.

Question 9

What achievement is unique to Grover Cleveland?

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A)  the only president re-elected after defeat 
B)  the only president to serve three terms 
C)  the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms 
D)  the only president to have been vice-president 
E)  the only president from Ohio 
A)  the only president re-elected after defeat 
B)  the only president to serve three terms 
C)  the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms 
D)  the only president to have been vice-president 
E)  the only president from Ohio

Question 10

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

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A)  McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B)  the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C)  McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D)  the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E)  the ability of Republicans to win the support of debtor farmers. 
A)  McKinley's ability to create divisions between western and southern farmers. 
B)  the huge financial and propaganda effort of Mark Hanna and the Republicans. 
C)  McKinley's ability to make the tariff issue more important than free silver. 
D)  the wide travel and numerous speeches made by William McKinley. 
E)  the ability of Republicans to win the support of debtor farmers.

Question 11

Which one of the following was least sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

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A)  John P. Altgeld 
B)  Richard Olney 
C)  Eugene V. Debs 
D)  Jacob Coxey 
E)  William Jennings Bryan 
A)  John P. Altgeld 
B)  Richard Olney 
C)  Eugene V. Debs 
D)  Jacob Coxey 
E)  William Jennings Bryan

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of Jacob S. Coxey.

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Wealthy Ohio quarry owner who

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the Cross of Gold speech.

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Speech delivered by

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT among the qualifications that helped William McKinley earn the Republican presidential nomination in 1896?

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A)  He came from the key electoral swing state of Ohio. 
B)  He had acquired many years of honorable service in Congress. 
C)  He was a likable and esteemed Civil War veteran. 
D)  He was backed by the skilled political manager and fund raiser Mark Hanna. 
E)  He was an energetic and charismatic campaigner. 
A)  He came from the key electoral swing state of Ohio. 
B)  He had acquired many years of honorable service in Congress. 
C)  He was a likable and esteemed Civil War veteran. 
D)  He was backed by the skilled political manager and fund raiser Mark Hanna. 
E)  He was an energetic and charismatic campaigner.

Question 15

The depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as a

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A)  battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives. 
B)  conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties. 
C)  sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South. 
D)  contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States. 
E)  clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers. 
A)  battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives. 
B)  conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties. 
C)  sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South. 
D)  contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States. 
E)  clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers.

Question 16

What economic and natural forces impacted farmers in the late 19th century?

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In the late 19th century, farmers in the

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of John Peter Altgeld.

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Governor of Illinois

Question 18

U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

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A)  the union's leader, Eugene V. Debs, was a socialist. 
B)  the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. 
C)  the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. 
D)  shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. 
E)  the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail. 
A)  the union's leader, Eugene V. Debs, was a socialist. 
B)  the strike against the railroads was crippling all parts of the American economy. 
C)  the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property. 
D)  shutting down the railroads threatened American national security. 
E)  the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail.

Question 19

Why were Coxey and his lieutenants arrested?

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A)  walking on the grass in the nation's capital 
B)  failing to pay taxes on their businesses 
C)  collaborating with foreign agents 
D)  stealing government documents 
E)  attacking the Kansas state legislature with rifles 
A)  walking on the grass in the nation's capital 
B)  failing to pay taxes on their businesses 
C)  collaborating with foreign agents 
D)  stealing government documents 
E)  attacking the Kansas state legislature with rifles

Question 20

What factor further pinched the farm debtor?

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A)  static money supply 
B)  increased taxes 
C)  increased tariffs 
D)  reduced tariffs 
E)  competition between farms 
A)  static money supply 
B)  increased taxes 
C)  increased tariffs 
D)  reduced tariffs 
E)  competition between farms

Exam 26: Rumbles of Discontent

Identify and state the historical significance of the "Gold Bugs".

In the election of 1896, the major issue became

Which William McKinley backer believed that the role of government was to aid business?

What do you think was the major technological innovation that influenced life on the Great Plains frontier? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of Oliver H. Kelley.

Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they

Were populists radicals or reactionaries? Support your answer with the arguments presented in the text.

Late 19th-century Populist farmers held grievances against

What achievement is unique to Grover Cleveland?

One key to the Republican victory in the 1896 presidential election was

Which one of the following was least sympathetic to workers and farmers hard-pressed by the Depression of 1893?

Identify and state the historical significance of Jacob S. Coxey.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Cross of Gold speech.

Which of the following was NOT among the qualifications that helped William McKinley earn the Republican presidential nomination in 1896?

The depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up as a

What economic and natural forces impacted farmers in the late 19th century?

Identify and state the historical significance of John Peter Altgeld.

U.S. Attorney General Richard Olney and President Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds that

Why were Coxey and his lieutenants arrested?

What factor further pinched the farm debtor?

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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What economic and natural forces impacted farmers in the late 19^th century?