Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

James G. Blaine was a prominent American

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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 3

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his

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A)  vetoing the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act. 
B)  declining to take any federal government action to address the worst economic downturn of the nineteenth century. 
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)  declining to take any federal government action to address the worst economic downturn of the nineteenth century. 
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 4

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 5

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 always unconstitutional. 
C)  "separate but equal" public schools and facilities were constitutional under the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment protections of "equal protection" applied only to African Americans who could prove that an individual segregated black school or facility was unequal to comparable white public school or public facility. 
E)  African Americans born as slaves could not sue in federal court. 
A)  African Americans could be denied the right to vote. 
B)  segregation was always unconstitutional. 
C)  "separate but equal" public schools and facilities were constitutional under the "equal protection" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
D)  the Fourteenth Amendment protections of "equal protection" applied only to African Americans who could prove that an individual segregated black school or facility was unequal to comparable white public school or public facility. 
E)  African Americans born as slaves could not sue in federal court.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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 7

Explain the seeming paradox that at a time when successful presidential candidates were usually bland and forgettable, public enthusiasm for election campaigning was at an all-time high.

Accepted Answer

The seeming paradox of successful presid

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The crop-lien system was a credit system

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles J. Guiteau

Accepted Answer

Charles J. Guiteau was an American lawye

Question 10

List what appears to you to have been the requirements for election to high political office in the 1870s and 1880s. How did these seemingly extra-Constitutional requirements affect the quality, preparedness, and priorities of those candidates for high political office during this period?

Accepted Answer

In the 1870s and 1880s, the requirements

Question 11

Was the Compromise of 1877 a necessary attempt to avoid a possible renewal of Civil War or a cynical, self-interested political bargain whose real victims were abandoned African Americans? Cite specific examples to support your view.

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1877 was a cynical, se

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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 13

Match each politician below with the Republican political faction with which he was associated. 
A.Roscoe Conkling
B.James Blaine
C.Horace Greeley
D.Ulysses Grant
1)"Half-Breeds"
2)Stalwarts
3)Regular Republicans
4)Liberal Republicans

Accepted Answer

A)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 
B)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
C)  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 
E)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
A)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 
B)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
C)  A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 
D)  A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 
E)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Belknap

Accepted Answer

William Belknap was a prominent figure i

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Adlai E. Stevenson

Accepted Answer

Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900–1965) was an

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jim Fisk

Accepted Answer

Jim Fisk, also known as "Big Jim" Fisk o

Question 18

The major electoral problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

Accepted Answer

A)  who would be Speaker of the House. 
B)  the two sets of different election returns, one Democratic, and one Republican, submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
C)  Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt politicians of the Northeast. 
D)  President Grant's campaign for a third term. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes's controversial ties to U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling and the Stalwarts. 
A)  who would be Speaker of the House. 
B)  the two sets of different election returns, one Democratic, and one Republican, submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. 
C)  Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt politicians of the Northeast. 
D)  President Grant's campaign for a third term. 
E)  Rutherford Hayes's controversial ties to U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling and the Stalwarts.

Question 19

During the Gilded Age, the lifeblood of both the Democratic and the Republican parties was/were

Accepted Answer

A)  political and social reform movements. 
B)  the Roman Catholic Church. 
C)  ideological commitment. 
D)  big-city political machines. 
E)  political patronage. 
A)  political and social reform movements. 
B)  the Roman Catholic Church. 
C)  ideological commitment. 
D)  big-city political machines. 
E)  political patronage.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Homestead Strike was a pivotal indus

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

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

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his

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

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

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

Explain the seeming paradox that at a time when successful presidential candidates were usually bland and forgettable, public enthusiasm for election campaigning was at an all-time high.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles J. Guiteau

List what appears to you to have been the requirements for election to high political office in the 1870s and 1880s. How did these seemingly extra-Constitutional requirements affect the quality, preparedness, and priorities of those candidates for high political office during this period?

Was the Compromise of 1877 a necessary attempt to avoid a possible renewal of Civil War or a cynical, self-interested political bargain whose real victims were abandoned African Americans? Cite specific examples to support your view.

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

Match each politician below with the Republican political faction with which he was associated. A.Roscoe Conkling B.James Blaine C.Horace Greeley D.Ulysses Grant 1)"Half-Breeds" 2)Stalwarts 3)Regular Republicans 4)Liberal Republicans

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Belknap

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Adlai E. Stevenson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jim Fisk

The major electoral problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

During the Gilded Age, the lifeblood of both the Democratic and the Republican parties was/were

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

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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Exam 2: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

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

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

President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his

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

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

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

Explain the seeming paradox that at a time when successful presidential candidates were usually bland and forgettable, public enthusiasm for election campaigning was at an all-time high.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles J. Guiteau

List what appears to you to have been the requirements for election to high political office in the 1870s and 1880s. How did these seemingly extra-Constitutional requirements affect the quality, preparedness, and priorities of those candidates for high political office during this period?

Was the Compromise of 1877 a necessary attempt to avoid a possible renewal of Civil War or a cynical, self-interested political bargain whose real victims were abandoned African Americans? Cite specific examples to support your view.

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

Match each politician below with the Republican political faction with which he was associated. A.Roscoe Conkling B.James Blaine C.Horace Greeley D.Ulysses Grant 1)"Half-Breeds" 2)Stalwarts 3)Regular Republicans 4)Liberal Republicans

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Belknap

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Adlai E. Stevenson

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jim Fisk

The major electoral problem in the 1876 presidential election centered on

During the Gilded Age, the lifeblood of both the Democratic and the Republican parties was/were

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

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