Question 1

The presidents of the late 19th century have been referred to as merely "custodial,"that is, nonassertive and "forgettable." Is this true? If so, why?

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The characterization of late 19th and ea

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Rutherford B. Hayes.

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President who won office after

Question 3

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his

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A)  vetoing the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act. 
B)  declining to take any federal government action to address the worst economic downturn of the 19th century. 
C)  taking the United States off the gold standard. 
D)  borrowing $65 million in gold from J.P. Morgan's banking syndicate. 
E)  wasting the federal surplus on pork-barrel spending. 
A)  vetoing the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act. 
B)  declining to take any federal government action to address the worst economic downturn of the 19th century. 
C)  taking the United States off the gold standard. 
D)  borrowing $65 million in gold from J.P. Morgan's banking syndicate. 
E)  wasting the federal surplus on pork-barrel spending.

Question 4

Why did late 19th-century presidential elections tend to focus on the personalities of the candidates rather than on real issues?

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Late 19th and early 20th-century preside

Question 5

Which of the following do you think was the most important issue of the late 19th century: the "bloody shirt," the end of Reconstruction, tariffs, civil-service reform, or "hard" versus "soft" currency? Why did you select one of these above issues as the most important?

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I believe that the most important issue

Question 6

At the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African Americans using

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A)  literacy requirements. 
B)  poll taxes. 
C)  onerous and intimidating voter registration laws. 
D)  lynching. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  literacy requirements. 
B)  poll taxes. 
C)  onerous and intimidating voter registration laws. 
D)  lynching. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Winfield Scott Hancock.

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Democratic candidate

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Greeley.

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Editor of the New Yo

Question 9

The Liberal Republican movement favored

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A)  an end to military Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  civil-service reform. 
C)  cheap money. 
D)  denying Ulysses S. Grant a second term as president. 
E)  a two-term limit on the presidency. 
A)  an end to military Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  civil-service reform. 
C)  cheap money. 
D)  denying Ulysses S. Grant a second term as president. 
E)  a two-term limit on the presidency.

Question 10

For one of only a few times in its history, the Treasury showed a surplus in the 1880s. Why did this development become a major political problem for President Cleveland? Was this political problem ultimately resolved by Congress and President Harrison in a way that economically benefited the country? If so, why? If not, why not?

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In the 1880s, the Treasury showed a surp

Question 11

The sequence of presidential terms of the "forgettable presidents" of the Gilded Age (including Cleveland's two nonconsecutive terms) was

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A)  Cleveland, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Garfield. 
B)  Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Cleveland. 
C)  Cleveland, Garfield, Arthur, Hayes, Harrison, and Cleveland. 
D)  Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and Cleveland. 
E)  Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Cleveland. 
A)  Cleveland, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Garfield. 
B)  Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Cleveland. 
C)  Cleveland, Garfield, Arthur, Hayes, Harrison, and Cleveland. 
D)  Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and Cleveland. 
E)  Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, and Cleveland.

Question 12

The early Populist campaign to create a coalition of poor white and poor black farmers resulted in

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A)  a racist backlash that eliminated black voting in the South through the widespread use of literacy tests and poll taxes to deny blacks the ballot. 
B)  the transformation of white Populist political leader Tom Watson into a fervent civil rights leader. 
C)  an alignment of wealthy Bourbon whites with moderate blacks. 
D)  a long-term political coalition between poor white and poor black farmers being sustained for many years. 
E)  the emergence of Republican political power and the breakdown of Democratic political power in the South. 
A)  a racist backlash that eliminated black voting in the South through the widespread use of literacy tests and poll taxes to deny blacks the ballot. 
B)  the transformation of white Populist political leader Tom Watson into a fervent civil rights leader. 
C)  an alignment of wealthy Bourbon whites with moderate blacks. 
D)  a long-term political coalition between poor white and poor black farmers being sustained for many years. 
E)  the emergence of Republican political power and the breakdown of Democratic political power in the South.

Question 13

The Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872 was motivated primarily by

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A)  dismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  a desire to see President Grant reelected among these Liberal Republicans and a fear that the regular Republican Party would not re-nominate Grant for president because of his policies. 
C)  disgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration. 
D)  a fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks. 
E)  a desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business. 
A)  dismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  a desire to see President Grant reelected among these Liberal Republicans and a fear that the regular Republican Party would not re-nominate Grant for president because of his policies. 
C)  disgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration. 
D)  a fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks. 
E)  a desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business.

Question 14

Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States?

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A)  the disintegration of the Chinese Empire 
B)  the seizure of farmland by landlords 
C)  the intrusion of European powers 
D)  internal political turmoil 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  the disintegration of the Chinese Empire 
B)  the seizure of farmland by landlords 
C)  the intrusion of European powers 
D)  internal political turmoil 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 15

President James A. Garfield was assassinated

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A)  by an ex-Confederate bitter at Garfield's Union army service. 
B)  by an unknown and an undiscovered assassin. 
C)  by a jealous former lover. 
D)  by a deranged, disappointed office seeker. 
E)  by a political anarchist. 
A)  by an ex-Confederate bitter at Garfield's Union army service. 
B)  by an unknown and an undiscovered assassin. 
C)  by a jealous former lover. 
D)  by a deranged, disappointed office seeker. 
E)  by a political anarchist.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Thomas Reed.

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Speaker of the House from Maine, he used

Question 17

Blacks who violated the Jim Crow laws or other elements of the South's racial code were often

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A)  criminally prosecuted in federal courts. 
B)  ostracized by their own community. 
C)  assailed from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their sharecropping and tenant farming employment. 
E)  lynched by Southern whites. 
A)  criminally prosecuted in federal courts. 
B)  ostracized by their own community. 
C)  assailed from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their sharecropping and tenant farming employment. 
E)  lynched by Southern whites.

Question 18

During the mid-to-late 19th century, Chinese women

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A)  did not emigrate to the United States at all. 
B)  settled mostly on the East Coast. 
C)  outnumbered Chinese men as immigrants to the United States. 
D)  were very few in number, and most became prostitutes. 
E)  competed with Irish and black women for jobs in domestic service. 
A)  did not emigrate to the United States at all. 
B)  settled mostly on the East Coast. 
C)  outnumbered Chinese men as immigrants to the United States. 
D)  were very few in number, and most became prostitutes. 
E)  competed with Irish and black women for jobs in domestic service.

Question 19

President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he

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A)  was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment. 
B)  understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers. 
C)  had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver. 
D)  was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis. 
E)  was able to skillfully incorporate some Populist proposals into the Democratic party. 
A)  was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment. 
B)  understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers. 
C)  had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver. 
D)  was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis. 
E)  was able to skillfully incorporate some Populist proposals into the Democratic party.

Question 20

In religious and cultural terms, the Republicans appealed especially to groups that derived their views from

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A)  transcendentalism and utopian traditions that opposed war and proposed alternatives to traditional marriage. 
B)  Catholic and Lutheran traditions of creed, liturgy, and understanding of human weakness. 
C)  Baptist tradition that feared government intrusion on personal and religious freedom. 
D)  scientific tradition that saw religion as a fading force in American society. 
E)  Puritan tradition of strict moral codes and government regulation of morality and society. 
A)  transcendentalism and utopian traditions that opposed war and proposed alternatives to traditional marriage. 
B)  Catholic and Lutheran traditions of creed, liturgy, and understanding of human weakness. 
C)  Baptist tradition that feared government intrusion on personal and religious freedom. 
D)  scientific tradition that saw religion as a fading force in American society. 
E)  Puritan tradition of strict moral codes and government regulation of morality and society.

Exam 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

The presidents of the late 19th century have been referred to as merely "custodial,"that is, nonassertive and "forgettable." Is this true? If so, why?

Identify and state the historical significance of Rutherford B. Hayes.

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his

Why did late 19th-century presidential elections tend to focus on the personalities of the candidates rather than on real issues?

Which of the following do you think was the most important issue of the late 19th century: the "bloody shirt," the end of Reconstruction, tariffs, civil-service reform, or "hard" versus "soft" currency? Why did you select one of these above issues as the most important?

At the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African Americans using

Identify and state the historical significance of Winfield Scott Hancock.

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Greeley.

The Liberal Republican movement favored

The sequence of presidential terms of the "forgettable presidents" of the Gilded Age (including Cleveland's two nonconsecutive terms) was

The early Populist campaign to create a coalition of poor white and poor black farmers resulted in

The Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872 was motivated primarily by

Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States?

President James A. Garfield was assassinated

Identify and state the historical significance of Thomas Reed.

Blacks who violated the Jim Crow laws or other elements of the South's racial code were often

During the mid-to-late 19th century, Chinese women

President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he

In religious and cultural terms, the Republicans appealed especially to groups that derived their views from

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The presidents of the late 19^th century have been referred to as merely "custodial,"that is, nonassertive and "forgettable." Is this true? If so, why?

Why did late 19^th-century presidential elections tend to focus on the personalities of the candidates rather than on real issues?

Which of the following do you think was the most important issue of the late 19^th century: the "bloody shirt," the end of Reconstruction, tariffs, civil-service reform, or "hard" versus "soft" currency? Why did you select one of these above issues as the most important?

During the mid-to-late 19^th century, Chinese women