Question 1

Where was the Democratic party strongest in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  South 
B)  Upper Midwest 
C)  New England 
D)  West Coast 
E)  Great Plains 
A)  South 
B)  Upper Midwest 
C)  New England 
D)  West Coast 
E)  Great Plains

Question 2

What did the civil-service reformers of the late 1870s and early 1880s want?

Accepted Answer

A)  a government bureaucracy that would help free immigrants from poverty. 
B)  a professional civil service based on merit and staffed by gentlemen. 
C)  a federal law that would appoint Roscoe Conkling director of government personnel. 
D)  laws that would help to sustain the dignity of the federal civil service. 
E)  individual contributions to a political campaign capped at $500. 
A)  a government bureaucracy that would help free immigrants from poverty. 
B)  a professional civil service based on merit and staffed by gentlemen. 
C)  a federal law that would appoint Roscoe Conkling director of government personnel. 
D)  laws that would help to sustain the dignity of the federal civil service. 
E)  individual contributions to a political campaign capped at $500.

Question 3

What were the causes of the Spanish-American War? What were the main events of the war? What were the consequences? Who opposed American involvement in the war? Why?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish-American War was caused by a

Question 4

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: 
   
Panama

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 5

Examine American foreign policy from 1878 to 1901. How and why did American foreign policy change during this period? Who were the key players in these changes? Why were these changes so significant for the United States?

Accepted Answer

From 1878 to 1901, American foreign poli

Question 6

Describe the tangled web of the late-nineteenth-century American money supply. What was the purpose of expanding or contracting the supply? What difference did it make whether the federal government issued paper money, gold, or silver? Who supported each position, and why? Explain how the "money question" was both an economic and a political problem.

Accepted Answer

The late-nineteenth-century American mon

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Laissez-faire

Accepted Answer

Laissez-faire is an economic theory that

Question 8

Which of the following was not one of the approaches the United States used in dealing with Cuba in the years after the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

A)  by keeping American troops in Cuba for a number of years. 
B)  by improving public health, education, and sanitation on the island. 
C)  by asserting the right to intervene in Cuba when it was necessary. 
D)  by establishing a permanent naval base on the island. 
E)  by cancelling most American investments in the island. 
A)  by keeping American troops in Cuba for a number of years. 
B)  by improving public health, education, and sanitation on the island. 
C)  by asserting the right to intervene in Cuba when it was necessary. 
D)  by establishing a permanent naval base on the island. 
E)  by cancelling most American investments in the island.

Question 9

Which of the following was ceded to the United States by Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hawaii 
B)  Cuba 
C)  Guam 
D)  Samoa 
E)  all of these choices 
A)  Hawaii 
B)  Cuba 
C)  Guam 
D)  Samoa 
E)  all of these choices

Question 10

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: 
   
Venezuela

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 11

Grover Cleveland proposed a reduction of the tariff rates because

Accepted Answer

A)  he thought that the government had no right to meddle in the economy. 
B)  he believed that lower tariffs would encourage the growth of industry in the United States. 
C)  the tariff was feeding a large and growing federal budget surplus. 
D)  the tariff worked to the disadvantage of small farmers. 
E)  the farm lobby had been a major contributor to his presidential campaign. 
A)  he thought that the government had no right to meddle in the economy. 
B)  he believed that lower tariffs would encourage the growth of industry in the United States. 
C)  the tariff was feeding a large and growing federal budget surplus. 
D)  the tariff worked to the disadvantage of small farmers. 
E)  the farm lobby had been a major contributor to his presidential campaign.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Subtreasury Plan

Accepted Answer

The Subtreasury Plan was a proposal put

Question 13

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: 
   
Guam

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately describes voter participation during the late nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was generally very high ¾ usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. 
B)  It was generally low because the major political parties were not discussing real issues. 
C)  It varied from election to election ¾ sometimes very high, sometimes very low. 
D)  It was very high on the local level but very low on the national level. 
E)  It was very high on the national level but very low on the local level. 
A)  It was generally very high ¾ usually from 80 percent up to 95 percent. 
B)  It was generally low because the major political parties were not discussing real issues. 
C)  It varied from election to election ¾ sometimes very high, sometimes very low. 
D)  It was very high on the local level but very low on the national level. 
E)  It was very high on the national level but very low on the local level.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Literacy tests, poll taxes, property requirements

Accepted Answer

Literacy tests, poll taxes, and property

Question 16

What factors prompted the rise of the Grange and the Farmers' Alliance movements?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the Grange and the Farmers'

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Guerrilla War in the Philippines

Accepted Answer

The Guerrilla War in the Philippines ref

Question 18

Which of the following is not an example of black responses to racism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black churches and fraternal organizations supported victims of racism. 
B)  Some blacks opened businesses serving their communities. 
C)  They staged massive protests  sometimes violent  against racism. 
D)  Some blacks left the South and moved to Kansas or Chicago. 
E)  A few leaders urged blacks to head back to Africa and build a nation of their own. 
A)  Black churches and fraternal organizations supported victims of racism. 
B)  Some blacks opened businesses serving their communities. 
C)  They staged massive protests  sometimes violent  against racism. 
D)  Some blacks left the South and moved to Kansas or Chicago. 
E)  A few leaders urged blacks to head back to Africa and build a nation of their own.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Spanish-American War

Accepted Answer

The Spanish-American War was a conflict

Question 20

What did the Pendleton Act do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It established a civil-service commission to prepare competitive exams for federal jobs. 
B)  It required the use of silver as well as gold to back paper currency. 
C)  It started the policy of having separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites. 
D)  It raised tariff rates. 
E)  It gave Congress the power to investigate and oversee railroad activities. 
A)  It established a civil-service commission to prepare competitive exams for federal jobs. 
B)  It required the use of silver as well as gold to back paper currency. 
C)  It started the policy of having separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites. 
D)  It raised tariff rates. 
E)  It gave Congress the power to investigate and oversee railroad activities.

Exam 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

Where was the Democratic party strongest in the late 19th century?

What did the civil-service reformers of the late 1870s and early 1880s want?

What were the causes of the Spanish-American War? What were the main events of the war? What were the consequences? Who opposed American involvement in the war? Why?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Panama

Examine American foreign policy from 1878 to 1901. How and why did American foreign policy change during this period? Who were the key players in these changes? Why were these changes so significant for the United States?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Laissez-faire

Which of the following was not one of the approaches the United States used in dealing with Cuba in the years after the Spanish-American War?

Which of the following was ceded to the United States by Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Venezuela

Grover Cleveland proposed a reduction of the tariff rates because

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Subtreasury Plan

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Pacific Basin that identifies each of the following: Guam

Which of the following statements accurately describes voter participation during the late nineteenth century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Literacy tests, poll taxes, property requirements

What factors prompted the rise of the Grange and the Farmers' Alliance movements?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Guerrilla War in the Philippines

Which of the following is not an example of black responses to racism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Spanish-American War

What did the Pendleton Act do?

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The Bonds of Empire

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Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

Launching the New Republic

America at War and Peace

The Transformation of American Society

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life

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Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

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