Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Accepted Answer

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was a Un

Question 2

In the 1896 case of Plessy v.Ferguson,the Supreme Court ruled that

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A)  African Americans could be denied the right to vote. 
B)  segregation was unconstitutional. 
C)  "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to African Americans. 
E)  literacy tests for voting were constitutional. 
A)  African Americans could be denied the right to vote. 
B)  segregation was unconstitutional. 
C)  "separate but equal" facilities were constitutional. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to African Americans. 
E)  literacy tests for voting were constitutional.

Question 3

American politics in the late nineteenth century has been referred to as the "politics of equilibrium." Why? List some consequences of this equilibrium in the party system.

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The late nineteenth century in American

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

In the late nineteenth century,those political candidates who campaigned by "waving the bloody shirt" were reminding voters

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A)  of the gory memories of the Civil War and the Republican party's role in the Union's victory. 
B)  that the Civil War had been caused by the election of a Republican president. 
C)  that Republicans had reformed the corrupt radical regimes in the Reconstruction South. 
D)  that radical Republicans catered to freed slaves during Reconstruction. 
E)  of Ku Klux Klan violence against blacks. 
A)  of the gory memories of the Civil War and the Republican party's role in the Union's victory. 
B)  that the Civil War had been caused by the election of a Republican president. 
C)  that Republicans had reformed the corrupt radical regimes in the Reconstruction South. 
D)  that radical Republicans catered to freed slaves during Reconstruction. 
E)  of Ku Klux Klan violence against blacks.

Question 6

When he was president,Grover Cleveland's strong belief in a laissez-faire approach to government gained the support of

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A)  former Confederates in the South. 
B)  veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  workers. 
E)  businesspeople. 
A)  former Confederates in the South. 
B)  veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  workers. 
E)  businesspeople.

Question 7

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 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tom Watson

Accepted Answer

Thomas E. Watson, commonly known as Tom

Question 9

All of the following are true statements about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 except

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A)  it marked a last gasp of the congressional radical Republicans. 
B)  it was supposed to guarantee equal rights in voting and access to education for blacks and whites. 
C)  its purpose was to ensure equal accommodations in public places. 
D)  it prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection. 
E)  much of its content was deemed unconstitutional in the Civil Rights cases of 1883. 
A)  it marked a last gasp of the congressional radical Republicans. 
B)  it was supposed to guarantee equal rights in voting and access to education for blacks and whites. 
C)  its purpose was to ensure equal accommodations in public places. 
D)  it prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection. 
E)  much of its content was deemed unconstitutional in the Civil Rights cases of 1883.

Question 10

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)  strict codes of personal morality. 
C)  toleration of differences. 
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)  strict codes of personal morality. 
C)  toleration of differences. 
D)  government involvement in moral and economic affairs. 
E)  belief in a common set of American moral values.

Question 11

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his action of

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A)  vetoing the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act. 
B)  using federal troops to suppress Populist demonstrations. 
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)  using federal troops to suppress Populist demonstrations. 
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 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Horatio Seymour

Accepted Answer

Horatio Seymour (1810–1886) was an Ameri

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-People's Party (Populists)

Accepted Answer

The People's Party, also known as the Po

Question 14

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

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Mugwumps were a group of Republican poli

Question 15

In the aftermath of the Civil War

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A)  the population of the United States declined. 
B)  Americans retained a strong sense of idealistic sacrifice. 
C)  the North developed a strong sense of moral superiority. 
D)  concern for racial questions took precedence over economics. 
E)  waste, speculation, and corruption afflicted both business and government. 
A)  the population of the United States declined. 
B)  Americans retained a strong sense of idealistic sacrifice. 
C)  the North developed a strong sense of moral superiority. 
D)  concern for racial questions took precedence over economics. 
E)  waste, speculation, and corruption afflicted both business and government.

Question 16

List what appears to you to have been the requirements for election to high political office in the 1870s and 1880s.

Accepted Answer

In the 1870s and 1880s, the requirements

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Denis Kearney

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Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was an Irish i

Question 18

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)  rapid growth in federal expenditures on public works. 
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)  rapid growth in federal expenditures on public works. 
E)  inflation through issuance of far more greenback paper currency.

Question 19

The absence of children in largely all-male Chinese immigrant communities meant that

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A)  the economic benefits of child labor were largely absent. 
B)  the cultural and language assimilation fostered by children were harder to attain. 
C)  many Chinese organizations sought to bring in adopted children from China. 
D)  white social work agencies were slower to become involved with Chinese communities. 
E)  education was seldom a priority in Chinese communities. 
A)  the economic benefits of child labor were largely absent. 
B)  the cultural and language assimilation fostered by children were harder to attain. 
C)  many Chinese organizations sought to bring in adopted children from China. 
D)  white social work agencies were slower to become involved with Chinese communities. 
E)  education was seldom a priority in Chinese communities.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Redeemers"

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sherman Silver Purchase Act

In the 1896 case of Plessy v.Ferguson,the Supreme Court ruled that

American politics in the late nineteenth century has been referred to as the "politics of equilibrium." Why? List some consequences of this equilibrium in the party system.

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

In the late nineteenth century,those political candidates who campaigned by "waving the bloody shirt" were reminding voters

When he was president,Grover Cleveland's strong belief in a laissez-faire approach to government gained the support of

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: -Tom Watson

All of the following are true statements about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 except

In the late nineteenth century,the Republican party was associated with the cultural values of

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his action of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Horatio Seymour

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -People's Party (Populists)

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

In the aftermath of the Civil War

List what appears to you to have been the requirements for election to high political office in the 1870s and 1880s.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Denis Kearney

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

The absence of children in largely all-male Chinese immigrant communities meant that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Redeemers"

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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