Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)

Accepted Answer

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Liberal Republicans

Accepted Answer

The Liberal Republicans were a political

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Chinese Exclusion Act

Accepted Answer

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United S

Question 4

The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s

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A)  were all won by Republicans. 
B)  revolved primarily around the charismatic personalities running for the presidency. 
C)  were all won by Democrats. 
D)  usually involved sharp partisan differences over issues like currency policy and civil-service reform. 
E)  aroused enormous turnouts among voters even though there were few significant issues. 
A)  were all won by Republicans. 
B)  revolved primarily around the charismatic personalities running for the presidency. 
C)  were all won by Democrats. 
D)  usually involved sharp partisan differences over issues like currency policy and civil-service reform. 
E)  aroused enormous turnouts among voters even though there were few significant issues.

Question 5

I​n seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

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A)  ​sought to reduce an embarrassing federal Treasury surplus of over $100 million. 
B)  ​incurred the political wrath of nervous industrialists who provided heavy financial support to the Republicans and their legally dubious vote buying operations during the 1888 presidential election. 
C)  ​divided and demoralized his own Democratic party, which was forced to fight the upcoming election over the controversial tariff issue. 
D)  ​probably cost himself reelection in 1888 because the tariff issue mobilized the Republicans quite effectively. 
E)  ​All of these choices are correct. 
A)  ​sought to reduce an embarrassing federal Treasury surplus of over $100 million. 
B)  ​incurred the political wrath of nervous industrialists who provided heavy financial support to the Republicans and their legally dubious vote buying operations during the 1888 presidential election. 
C)  ​divided and demoralized his own Democratic party, which was forced to fight the upcoming election over the controversial tariff issue. 
D)  ​probably cost himself reelection in 1888 because the tariff issue mobilized the Republicans quite effectively. 
E)  ​All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Black Friday

Accepted Answer

Black Friday has multiple historical con

Question 7

Why did white Populist leaders like Thomas Watson, who attempted to forge biracial coalitions, often turn viciously racist when those coalitions failed? After the Populist efforts to forge biracial coalitions failed in the early 1890s, was itinevitable that the little remaining African American suffrage in the South would be totally extinguished? If so, why?
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Accepted Answer

White Populist leaders like Thomas Watso

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The term "contraction" can refer to vari

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Billion-Dollar Congress

Accepted Answer

The "Billion-Dollar Congress" refers to

Question 10

A major cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was

Accepted Answer

A)  the issuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks. 
B)  the expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than existing markets would bear. 
C)  a credit crunch caused by extremely high interest rates. 
D)  Wall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback Labor party. 
E)  excessive speculation in mining stocks. 
A)  the issuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks. 
B)  the expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than existing markets would bear. 
C)  a credit crunch caused by extremely high interest rates. 
D)  Wall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback Labor party. 
E)  excessive speculation in mining stocks.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"waving the bloody shirt"

Accepted Answer

"Waving the bloody shirt" is a phrase th

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is a landmark

Question 13

Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States?

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A)  The disintegration of the Chinese Empire 
B)  The seizure of farmland by landlords 
C)  The intrusion of European powers 
D)  Internal political turmoil 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  The disintegration of the Chinese Empire 
B)  The seizure of farmland by landlords 
C)  The intrusion of European powers 
D)  Internal political turmoil 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-J. P. Morgan

Accepted Answer

J. P. Morgan, born John Pierpont Morgan

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Wilson-Gorman Tariff

Accepted Answer

The Wilson-Gorman Tariff was a piece of

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Horatio Seymour (1810–1886) was an Ameri

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Compromise of 1877

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1877, also known as th

Question 20

President James A. Garfield was assassinated

Accepted Answer

A)  by an ex-Confederate bitter at Garfield's Union army service. 
B)  by an unknown and an undiscovered assassin. 
C)  by a jealous former lover. 
D)  by a deranged, disappointed office seeker. 
E)  by a political anarchist. 
A)  by an ex-Confederate bitter at Garfield's Union army service. 
B)  by an unknown and an undiscovered assassin. 
C)  by a jealous former lover. 
D)  by a deranged, disappointed office seeker. 
E)  by a political anarchist.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberal Republicans

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Chinese Exclusion Act

The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s

In seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Friday

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Billion-Dollar Congress

A major cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"waving the bloody shirt"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States?

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -J. P. Morgan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wilson-Gorman Tariff

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Compromise of 1877

President James A. Garfield was assassinated

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: -Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Liberal Republicans

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Chinese Exclusion Act

The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s

I​n seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Friday

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Billion-Dollar Congress

A major cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"waving the bloody shirt"

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States?

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -J. P. Morgan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wilson-Gorman Tariff

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Compromise of 1877

President James A. Garfield was assassinated

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

Filters

In seeking congressional approval to enact lower tariffs in 1887, President Grover Cleveland