Question 1

In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant

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A) transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote. 
B) owed his victory to the votes of former slaves. 
C) gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites. 
D) won a clear majority of electoral votes in the Electoral College, but narrowly lost the popular vote in the country. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote. 
B) owed his victory to the votes of former slaves. 
C) gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites. 
D) won a clear majority of electoral votes in the Electoral College, but narrowly lost the popular vote in the country. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 2

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the late nineteenth century, the Republican party was associated with the cultural values of

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A) religions derived from the Puritan tradition. 
B) a highly permissive personal morality 
C) toleration of moral and cultural differences in an imperfect world. 
D) government involvement in moral and economic affairs. 
E) belief in a common set of American moral values. 
A) religions derived from the Puritan tradition. 
B) a highly permissive personal morality 
C) toleration of moral and cultural differences in an imperfect world. 
D) government involvement in moral and economic affairs. 
E) belief in a common set of American moral values.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pendleton Act

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The Pendleton Act, also known as the Pen

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Ohio Idea"

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The "Ohio Idea" was a political and econ

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Homestead Strike

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The Homestead Strike was a pivotal indus

Question 6

Despite his status as a military hero, General Ulysses S. Grant proved to be a weak political leader because he

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A) was personally dishonest and corrupt. 
B) did not believe in the principles of the Republican party. 
C) was incapable of striking the type of political compromises necessary for a successful political leader. 
D) had no political experience and was a poor judge of character. 
E) lacked political ambition. 
A) was personally dishonest and corrupt. 
B) did not believe in the principles of the Republican party. 
C) was incapable of striking the type of political compromises necessary for a successful political leader. 
D) had no political experience and was a poor judge of character. 
E) lacked political ambition.

Question 7

The 1884 presidential election contest between James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland was noted for

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A) its emphasis on policy differences on economic and social issues. 
B) low voter turnout. 
C) its viciously personal attacks between the two candidates. 
D) a landslide victory for the reform-minded Republicans. 
E) its absence of geographic sectionalism in the respective popular support of each candidate. 
A) its emphasis on policy differences on economic and social issues. 
B) low voter turnout. 
C) its viciously personal attacks between the two candidates. 
D) a landslide victory for the reform-minded Republicans. 
E) its absence of geographic sectionalism in the respective popular support of each candidate.

Question 8

The fundamental attitude of Hayes and other Republican administrations toward labor agitation was

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A) strong support for the railroads and other business in their efforts to crush labor organizing. 
B) attempts to establish the federal government as a neutral arbiter between business and labor. 
C) support for organized labor's efforts to unionize various industries. 
D) to support reasonable regulation of business. 
E) to try to enlist farmers as a political counterbalance to industrial laborers. 
A) strong support for the railroads and other business in their efforts to crush labor organizing. 
B) attempts to establish the federal government as a neutral arbiter between business and labor. 
C) support for organized labor's efforts to unionize various industries. 
D) to support reasonable regulation of business. 
E) to try to enlist farmers as a political counterbalance to industrial laborers.

Question 9

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 10

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 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"hard-money"

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"Hard money" refers to currency that is

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Grover Cleveland

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Grover Cleveland, whose full name was St

Question 13

The national railroad strike of 1877 started when

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A) President Hayes refused to use troops to keep the trains running. 
B) the four largest railroads cut salaries by 10 percent. 
C) working hours were cut back by the railroad companies. 
D) the railroad workers refused to cross the picket lines of cargo loaders. 
E) the railroads tried to hire Chinese workers. 
A) President Hayes refused to use troops to keep the trains running. 
B) the four largest railroads cut salaries by 10 percent. 
C) working hours were cut back by the railroad companies. 
D) the railroad workers refused to cross the picket lines of cargo loaders. 
E) the railroads tried to hire Chinese workers.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Whiskey Ring

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The Whiskey Ring was a scandal that took

Question 15

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 16

An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of

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A) a switch of urban workers from the Democratic to the Republican party. 
B) Populists declaring their opposition to immigration restrictions. 
C) Populist support for a revolutionary overthrow of reactionary state governments. 
D) the Populists adding industrial workers to their base of support among farmers. 
E) Grover Cleveland's switch to a pro-labor and pro-farmer campaign platform. 
A) a switch of urban workers from the Democratic to the Republican party. 
B) Populists declaring their opposition to immigration restrictions. 
C) Populist support for a revolutionary overthrow of reactionary state governments. 
D) the Populists adding industrial workers to their base of support among farmers. 
E) Grover Cleveland's switch to a pro-labor and pro-farmer campaign platform.

Question 17

Which of the following do you think was the most important issue of the late nineteenth 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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Nast

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Thomas Nast (1840-1902) was a German-bor

Question 19

The main reason(s) that the Chinese came to the United States from the 1850s until 1882 was/were to

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A) dig for gold and sledgehammer the tracks for the transcontinental railroad in the West. 
B) marry and raise families on the West Coast. 
C) replace the newly freed slaves in the South. 
D) buy their own farms and cultivate agriculture. 
E) work as skilled factory workers on the East Coast. 
A) dig for gold and sledgehammer the tracks for the transcontinental railroad in the West. 
B) marry and raise families on the West Coast. 
C) replace the newly freed slaves in the South. 
D) buy their own farms and cultivate agriculture. 
E) work as skilled factory workers on the East Coast.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Compromise of 1877

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The Compromise of 1877, also known as th

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

In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the late nineteenth century, the Republican party was associated with the cultural values of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pendleton Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Ohio Idea"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Homestead Strike

Despite his status as a military hero, General Ulysses S. Grant proved to be a weak political leader because he

The 1884 presidential election contest between James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland was noted for

The fundamental attitude of Hayes and other Republican administrations toward labor agitation was

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"hard-money"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Grover Cleveland

The national railroad strike of 1877 started when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Whiskey Ring

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

An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of

Which of the following do you think was the most important issue of the late nineteenth 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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Nast

The main reason(s) that the Chinese came to the United States from the 1850s until 1882 was/were to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Compromise of 1877

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the late nineteenth century, the Republican party was associated with the cultural values of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Homestead Strike