Question 1

During the Gilded Age,the Democrats and the Republicans

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A)  had few significant policy differences. 
B)  agreed on currency policy but not the tariff. 
C)  disagreed primarily over the power of the federal government. 
D)  held similar views on all economic issues except for civil-service reform. 
E)  were divided over silver vs. gold currency. 
A)  had few significant policy differences. 
B)  agreed on currency policy but not the tariff. 
C)  disagreed primarily over the power of the federal government. 
D)  held similar views on all economic issues except for civil-service reform. 
E)  were divided over silver vs. gold currency.

Question 2

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 expanded immigration from China and Latin America. 
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 expanded immigration from China and Latin America. 
D)  to support reasonable regulation of business. 
E)  to try to enlist farmers as a political counterbalance to industrial laborers.

Question 3

The major campaign issue of the 1888 presidential election was

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A)  civil-service reform. 
B)  the big trust question. 
C)  the currency question. 
D)  foreign policy. 
E)  tariff policy. 
A)  civil-service reform. 
B)  the big trust question. 
C)  the currency question. 
D)  foreign policy. 
E)  tariff policy.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ulysses S.Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Civil Rights Act of 1875

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act of 1875, also known

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United States vs.Wong Kim Ark

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United States v. Wong Kim Ark is a landm

Question 7

The conservative white Bourbon Democrats of the South largely succeeded in crushing the Populist revolt by

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A)  demonstrating that Populist economic policies would harm Southern cotton interests. 
B)  charging that the Populist were de facto allies of the hated Republicans. 
C)  bribing the Populist leadership to betray the rank and file. 
D)  persuading black farmers that the Populists really did not have their interests at heart. 
E)  appealing to poor white farmers' antiblack racial feelings against their economic interests. 
A)  demonstrating that Populist economic policies would harm Southern cotton interests. 
B)  charging that the Populist were de facto allies of the hated Republicans. 
C)  bribing the Populist leadership to betray the rank and file. 
D)  persuading black farmers that the Populists really did not have their interests at heart. 
E)  appealing to poor white farmers' antiblack racial feelings against their economic interests.

Question 8

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

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The term "contraction" can refer to vari

Question 9

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

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The crop-lien system was a credit system

Question 10

The presidency of Rutherford B.Hayes began with

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A)  a national movement for civil service reform. 
B)  increased overseas expansion. 
C)  sharp class conflict and a national railroad strike. 
D)  public demands for positive immigration reform. 
E)  improved race relations in the South and the West. 
A)  a national movement for civil service reform. 
B)  increased overseas expansion. 
C)  sharp class conflict and a national railroad strike. 
D)  public demands for positive immigration reform. 
E)  improved race relations in the South and the West.

Question 11

In late-nineteenth century elections,Democrats could generally count on the support of

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A)  the white South. 
B)  northern industrial cities. 
C)  immigrant groups. 
D)  the Midwest. 
E)  Catholics and Lutherans. 
A)  the white South. 
B)  northern industrial cities. 
C)  immigrant groups. 
D)  the Midwest. 
E)  Catholics and Lutherans.

Question 12

Which one of the following is least related to the other four?

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A)  Jim Fisk 
B)  "Black Friday" 
C)  Jay Gould 
D)  "Ohio Idea" 
E)  Wall Street gold market 
A)  Jim Fisk 
B)  "Black Friday" 
C)  Jay Gould 
D)  "Ohio Idea" 
E)  Wall Street gold market

Question 13

With the Pendleton Act prohibiting political contributions from many federal workers,politicians increasingly sought money from

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A)  new immigrants. 
B)  contractors doing business with the federal government. 
C)  factory workers and farmers. 
D)  foreign contributors. 
E)  big corporations. 
A)  new immigrants. 
B)  contractors doing business with the federal government. 
C)  factory workers and farmers. 
D)  foreign contributors. 
E)  big corporations.

Question 14

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

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Grover Cleveland, whose full name was St

Question 15

Why was there such a notable lowering of ethical standards in American politics and business following the high idealism of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

There are several factors that contribut

Question 16

How did racial issues─including Chinese immigration─affect economic and political developments of the Gilded Age?

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Racial issues, including Chinese immigra

Question 17

Those who enjoyed a successful political career in the post-Civil War decades were usually

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A)  reformers. 
B)  incorruptible. 
C)  party loyalists. 
D)  political independents. 
E)  wealthy and well educated. 
A)  reformers. 
B)  incorruptible. 
C)  party loyalists. 
D)  political independents. 
E)  wealthy and well educated.

Question 18

The Chinese word tong means

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A)  criminal organization. 
B)  meeting hall. 
C)  labor union. 
D)  family. 
E)  cooking utensil. 
A)  criminal organization. 
B)  meeting hall. 
C)  labor union. 
D)  family. 
E)  cooking utensil.

Question 19

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

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A)  prosecution in federal courts. 
B)  ostracizing by their own community. 
C)  criticism from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their case in the Supreme Court. 
E)  lynching. 
A)  prosecution in federal courts. 
B)  ostracizing by their own community. 
C)  criticism from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their case in the Supreme Court. 
E)  lynching.

Question 20

The major problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

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A)  who would be Speaker of the House. 
B)  the two sets of election returns submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
C)  Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt politicians. 
D)  President Grant's campaign for a third term. 
E)  failure to use the secret Australian ballot in some places. 
A)  who would be Speaker of the House. 
B)  the two sets of election returns submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
C)  Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt politicians. 
D)  President Grant's campaign for a third term. 
E)  failure to use the secret Australian ballot in some places.

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

During the Gilded Age,the Democrats and the Republicans

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

The major campaign issue of the 1888 presidential election was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ulysses S.Grant

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Civil Rights Act of 1875

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United States vs.Wong Kim Ark

The conservative white Bourbon Democrats of the South largely succeeded in crushing the Populist revolt by

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

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

The presidency of Rutherford B.Hayes began with

In late-nineteenth century elections,Democrats could generally count on the support of

Which one of the following is least related to the other four?

With the Pendleton Act prohibiting political contributions from many federal workers,politicians increasingly sought money from

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

Why was there such a notable lowering of ethical standards in American politics and business following the high idealism of the Civil War?

How did racial issues─including Chinese immigration─affect economic and political developments of the Gilded Age?

Those who enjoyed a successful political career in the post-Civil War decades were usually

The Chinese word tong means

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

The major problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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