Question 1

Economic unrest and the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act led to the rise in the 1890s of the pro-silver political leader

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A) Tom Watson. 
B) William Jennings Bryan. 
C) William McKinley. 
D) Thomas Reed. 
E) Samuel Gompers. 
A) Tom Watson. 
B) William Jennings Bryan. 
C) William McKinley. 
D) Thomas Reed. 
E) Samuel Gompers.

Question 2

I​n seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

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A) sought to reduce an embarrassing federal Treasury surplus of over $100 million. 
B) incurred the political wrath of nervous industrialists who provided heavy financial support to the Republicans and their legally dubious vote buying operations during the 1888 presidential election. 
C) divided and demoralized his own Democratic party, which was forced to fight the upcoming election over the controversial tariff issue. 
D) probably cost himself reelection in 1888 because the tariff issue mobilized the Republicans quite effectively. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) sought to reduce an embarrassing federal Treasury surplus of over $100 million. 
B) incurred the political wrath of nervous industrialists who provided heavy financial support to the Republicans and their legally dubious vote buying operations during the 1888 presidential election. 
C) divided and demoralized his own Democratic party, which was forced to fight the upcoming election over the controversial tariff issue. 
D) probably cost himself reelection in 1888 because the tariff issue mobilized the Republicans quite effectively. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Winfield Scott Hancock

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 182

Question 4

What explains the rise of the Populist party in the 1890s? Were the Populists reflecting only farmers' discontent, or did they express a deeper and wider political disaffection with the shortcomings of the two-party system in addressing adequately serious economic problems in the country?

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The rise of the Populist party in the 18

Question 5

The four states completely carried by the Populists in the election of 1892 were

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A) Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. 
B) Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. 
C) Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas. 
D) Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont. 
E) Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada. 
A) Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. 
B) Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. 
C) Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas. 
D) Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont. 
E) Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, and Nevada.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-crop-lien system

Accepted Answer

The crop-lien system was a credit system

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Benjamin Harrison

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President

Question 8

As a solution to the depression that followed the panic of 1873, debtors strongly advocated

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A) a return to gold as the only form of American money. 
B) establishment of a federally regulated system of savings and loan banks. 
C) the appointment of farmers and workers to the Treasury Department. 
D) bankers making additional, greater loans at lower interest rates to finance new economic ventures by promoters who were having trouble realizing profits from their previous railroad, mines, factory, and grainfield investments. 
E) inflation through issuance of far more greenback paper currency. 
A) a return to gold as the only form of American money. 
B) establishment of a federally regulated system of savings and loan banks. 
C) the appointment of farmers and workers to the Treasury Department. 
D) bankers making additional, greater loans at lower interest rates to finance new economic ventures by promoters who were having trouble realizing profits from their previous railroad, mines, factory, and grainfield investments. 
E) inflation through issuance of far more greenback paper currency.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion"

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"Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" was a der

Question 10

A major cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was

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A) the issuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks. 
B) the expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than existing markets would bear. 
C) a credit crunch caused by extremely high interest rates. 
D) Wall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback Labor party. 
E) excessive speculation in mining stocks. 
A) the issuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks. 
B) the expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than existing markets would bear. 
C) a credit crunch caused by extremely high interest rates. 
D) Wall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback Labor party. 
E) excessive speculation in mining stocks.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Andrew Carnegie

Accepted Answer

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American

Question 12

In the wake of anti-Chinese violence in California, the United States Congress

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A) negotiated a restricted-immigration agreement with China. 
B) did nothing, as it was California's problem. 
C) prosecuted the Kearneyites and other inciters of anti-Kearneyites in San Francisco. 
D) sent many Chinese back to their homeland. 
E) passed a law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers to America. 
A) negotiated a restricted-immigration agreement with China. 
B) did nothing, as it was California's problem. 
C) prosecuted the Kearneyites and other inciters of anti-Kearneyites in San Francisco. 
D) sent many Chinese back to their homeland. 
E) passed a law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers to America.

Question 13

How could the Populists have broadened their political platform to appeal equally to poor black farmers, poor white farmers, and the white industrial working class? What political, economic, and racial factors probably prevented the Populists from broadening their platform in the manner you have described above?

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The Populists could have broadened their

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-populism

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Populism is a political approach that st

Question 15

The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s

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A) were all won by Republicans. 
B) revolved primarily around the charismatic personalities running for the presidency. 
C) were all won by Democrats. 
D) usually involved sharp partisan differences over issues like currency policy and civil-service reform. 
E) aroused enormous turnouts among voters even though there were few significant issues. 
A) were all won by Republicans. 
B) revolved primarily around the charismatic personalities running for the presidency. 
C) were all won by Democrats. 
D) usually involved sharp partisan differences over issues like currency policy and civil-service reform. 
E) aroused enormous turnouts among voters even though there were few significant issues.

Question 16

Despite the lack of national political issues, Gilded Age elections often produced fierce local contests over culturally and religiously charged issues like

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A) imperialism and foreign missions. 
B) prohibition and education. 
C) race relations and racial justice in the South. 
D) sexual morality and women's rights. 
E) treatment of criminal prisoners and the mentally ill. 
A) imperialism and foreign missions. 
B) prohibition and education. 
C) race relations and racial justice in the South. 
D) sexual morality and women's rights. 
E) treatment of criminal prisoners and the mentally ill.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​patronage

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Patronage, in historical terms, refers t

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James G. Blaine

Accepted Answer

James G. Blaine was a prominent American

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Billion-Dollar Congress

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The "Billion-Dollar Congress" refers to

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Farmers' Alliance

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Exam 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Economic unrest and the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act led to the rise in the 1890s of the pro-silver political leader

I​n seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winfield Scott Hancock

What explains the rise of the Populist party in the 1890s? Were the Populists reflecting only farmers' discontent, or did they express a deeper and wider political disaffection with the shortcomings of the two-party system in addressing adequately serious economic problems in the country?

The four states completely carried by the Populists in the election of 1892 were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -crop-lien system

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benjamin Harrison

As a solution to the depression that followed the panic of 1873, debtors strongly advocated

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion"

A major cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Carnegie

In the wake of anti-Chinese violence in California, the United States Congress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -populism

The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s

Despite the lack of national political issues, Gilded Age elections often produced fierce local contests over culturally and religiously charged issues like

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​patronage

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James G. Blaine

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Billion-Dollar Congress

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Farmers' Alliance

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In seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

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