Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Farmers' Alliance

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

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield was the 20th President

Question 3

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 4

Why was there such a notable lowering of ethical standards in American politics and business immediately following the high idealism of the Civil War? What was the political response to the lowering of ethical standards in American politics in the 1870s and early 1880s? Was this political response effective in curbing corruption in American politics?

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The notable lowering of ethical standard

Question 5

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 6

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

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"Hard money" refers to currency that is

Question 7

What explains the rise of the Populist party in the 1890s? Were the Populists reflecting only farmers' discontent, or did they express a deeper and wider political disaffection with the shortcomings of the two-party system in addressing adequately serious economic problems in the country?

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The rise of the Populist party in the 18

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 –

Question 9

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 10

Black Americans were hard hit by the gloom times of the depression years of the mid 1870s because

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A)  many had put their savings in the Freedman's Savings and Trust, only to see it vanish due to bad investments by the savings bank. 
B)  they did not set aside significant amounts of money for savings, preferring to spend or invest almost every dollar that they earned. 
C)  mobs of unemployed workers took out their frustrations through violence against blacks. 
D)  they lost what little money they owned to directly investing inspeculation schemes that had gone bankrupt. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  many had put their savings in the Freedman's Savings and Trust, only to see it vanish due to bad investments by the savings bank. 
B)  they did not set aside significant amounts of money for savings, preferring to spend or invest almost every dollar that they earned. 
C)  mobs of unemployed workers took out their frustrations through violence against blacks. 
D)  they lost what little money they owned to directly investing inspeculation schemes that had gone bankrupt. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-McKinley Tariff

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The McKinley Tariff, officially known as

Question 12

The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

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A)  the small towns of the Northeast and the South. 
B)  big business and those involved in international trade. 
C)  Midwestern farmers. 
D)  the white South and big-city immigrant machines. 
E)  northern blacks and Asian immigrants. 
A)  the small towns of the Northeast and the South. 
B)  big business and those involved in international trade. 
C)  Midwestern farmers. 
D)  the white South and big-city immigrant machines. 
E)  northern blacks and Asian immigrants.

Question 13

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

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The Tweed Ring, also known as the "Tamma

Question 14

The political developments of the l890s were largely shaped by

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A)  the widespread prosperity and federal budget surpluses. 
B)  America's growing involvement in overseas conflicts. 
C)  the most severe and extended economic depression up to that time. 
D)  the growing black rebellion against segregation and racial oppression. 
E)  the deadlock among Republicans, Democrats, and Populists in Congress. 
A)  the widespread prosperity and federal budget surpluses. 
B)  America's growing involvement in overseas conflicts. 
C)  the most severe and extended economic depression up to that time. 
D)  the growing black rebellion against segregation and racial oppression. 
E)  the deadlock among Republicans, Democrats, and Populists in Congress.

Question 15

Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were

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A)  retaliation for violent crimes against whites. 
B)  designed to intimidate African Americans to accept second-class status. 
C)  done to scare blacks into moving out of the South. 
D)  exceeding rare during the decade between 1890 and1900. 
E)  prosecuted vigorously by Southern state and local legal authorities. 
A)  retaliation for violent crimes against whites. 
B)  designed to intimidate African Americans to accept second-class status. 
C)  done to scare blacks into moving out of the South. 
D)  exceeding rare during the decade between 1890 and1900. 
E)  prosecuted vigorously by Southern state and local legal authorities.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Benjamin Harrison

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Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President

Question 17

For one of only a few times in its history, the Treasury showed a surplus in the 1880s. Why did this development become a major political problem for President Cleveland? Was this political problem ultimately resolved by Congress and President Harrison in a way that economically benefited the country? If so, why? If not, why not?

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In the 1880s, the Treasury showed a surp

Question 18

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship between blacks and sharecropping in the years after Reconstruction?

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A)  As sharecroppers, blacks found themselves at the mercy of former masters who were now their landlords and creditors. 
B)  Some merchants manipulated the system so that farmers remained perpetually in debt to them. 
C)  Black sharecroppers often lived in conditions scarcely better than when they were slaves. 
D)  White southerners did not work as sharecroppers. 
E)  Sharecroppers barely scraped by economically. 
A)  As sharecroppers, blacks found themselves at the mercy of former masters who were now their landlords and creditors. 
B)  Some merchants manipulated the system so that farmers remained perpetually in debt to them. 
C)  Black sharecroppers often lived in conditions scarcely better than when they were slaves. 
D)  White southerners did not work as sharecroppers. 
E)  Sharecroppers barely scraped by economically.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Samuel Tilden

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Samuel Tilden was a significant figure i

Question 20

President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he

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A)  was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment. 
B)  understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers. 
C)  had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver. 
D)  was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis. 
E)  was able to skillfully incorporate some Populist proposals into the Democratic party. 
A)  was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment. 
B)  understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers. 
C)  had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver. 
D)  was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis. 
E)  was able to skillfully incorporate some Populist proposals into the Democratic party.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Farmers' Alliance

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James A. Garfield

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

In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant

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

What explains the rise of the Populist party in the 1890s? Were the Populists reflecting only farmers' discontent, or did they express a deeper and wider political disaffection with the shortcomings of the two-party system in addressing adequately serious economic problems in the country?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Jennings Bryan

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?

Black Americans were hard hit by the gloom times of the depression years of the mid 1870s because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McKinley Tariff

The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

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

The political developments of the l890s were largely shaped by

Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benjamin Harrison

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship between blacks and sharecropping in the years after Reconstruction?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Samuel Tilden

President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he

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: -Farmers' Alliance

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James A. Garfield

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

In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant

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

What explains the rise of the Populist party in the 1890s? Were the Populists reflecting only farmers' discontent, or did they express a deeper and wider political disaffection with the shortcomings of the two-party system in addressing adequately serious economic problems in the country?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Jennings Bryan

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?

Black Americans were hard hit by the gloom times of the depression years of the mid 1870s because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McKinley Tariff

The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in

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

The political developments of the l890s were largely shaped by

Public executions and lynchings of black men in the Jim Crow South were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benjamin Harrison

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the relationship between blacks and sharecropping in the years after Reconstruction?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Samuel Tilden

President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he

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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