Question 1

One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was

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A)  the rise of the American dollar against foreign currencies. 
B)  damage to the country's credit rating. 
C)  the return to the silver "Dollar of Our Daddies" as the dominant form of U.S. money. 
D)  the defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874. 
E)  a political turn to the Democrats and the rise of the new Greenback Labor party. 
A)  the rise of the American dollar against foreign currencies. 
B)  damage to the country's credit rating. 
C)  the return to the silver "Dollar of Our Daddies" as the dominant form of U.S. money. 
D)  the defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874. 
E)  a political turn to the Democrats and the rise of the new Greenback Labor party.

Question 2

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

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The People's Party, also known as the Po

Question 3

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

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Populism is a political approach that st

Question 4

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

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Mugwumps were a group of Republican poli

Question 5

The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved

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A)  public utility company bribes. 
B)  Bureau of Indian Affairs payoffs. 
C)  railroad construction kickbacks. 
D)  bribes to French government officials in exchange to promises of favorable tariff treatment of French goods. 
E)  manipulating agricultural commodities traded on the Chicago Board of Trade. 
A)  public utility company bribes. 
B)  Bureau of Indian Affairs payoffs. 
C)  railroad construction kickbacks. 
D)  bribes to French government officials in exchange to promises of favorable tariff treatment of French goods. 
E)  manipulating agricultural commodities traded on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Question 6

The legal codes that established the system of segregation were

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A)  found only in the North. 
B)  called Jim Crow laws. 
C)  overturned by Plessy v. Ferguson. 
D)  undermined by the crop lien system. 
E)  unconnected to the informal separation of blacks and whites in the immediate post-Civil War years. 
A)  found only in the North. 
B)  called Jim Crow laws. 
C)  overturned by Plessy v. Ferguson. 
D)  undermined by the crop lien system. 
E)  unconnected to the informal separation of blacks and whites in the immediate post-Civil War years.

Question 7

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

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The repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchas

Question 8

President Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 because

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A)  the Democrats and Liberal Republicans could not decide on a single candidate. 
B)  he promised reforms in the political system. 
C)  he was the only candidate who enjoyed support in both the North and South. 
D)  the Democrats and Liberal Republicans chose the politically and personally eccentric and dubiously sound editor Horace Greeley as their candidate. 
E)  of the massive support of black voters in the Reconstruction South. 
A)  the Democrats and Liberal Republicans could not decide on a single candidate. 
B)  he promised reforms in the political system. 
C)  he was the only candidate who enjoyed support in both the North and South. 
D)  the Democrats and Liberal Republicans chose the politically and personally eccentric and dubiously sound editor Horace Greeley as their candidate. 
E)  of the massive support of black voters in the Reconstruction South.

Question 9

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 10

The Pendleton Act required people applying for many federal government jobs to

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A)  take a competitive examination. 
B)  present a written recommendation from a congressman or senator. 
C)  agree to make financial contributions to their political party. 
D)  submit a resume listing their experience and providing references. 
E)  agree not to take a job in a related private business for two years after leaving government service. 
A)  take a competitive examination. 
B)  present a written recommendation from a congressman or senator. 
C)  agree to make financial contributions to their political party. 
D)  submit a resume listing their experience and providing references. 
E)  agree not to take a job in a related private business for two years after leaving government service.

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Half-Breed

Accepted Answer

The term "Half-Breed" was historically s

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Winfield Scott Hancock

Accepted Answer

Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 182

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

Accepted Answer

The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

Question 15

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

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A)  criminally prosecuted in federal courts. 
B)  ostracized by their own community. 
C)  assailed from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their sharecropping and tenant farming employment. 
E)  lynched by Southern whites. 
A)  criminally prosecuted in federal courts. 
B)  ostracized by their own community. 
C)  assailed from both white and black churches. 
D)  losing their sharecropping and tenant farming employment. 
E)  lynched by Southern whites.

Question 16

President Cleveland's hostility to silver and silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that

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A)  the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury would force the United States off the gold standard. 
B)  the unlimited supplies of silver within the United States would cause an extended depression. 
C)  supporting free silver would be politically beneficial to Democrats such as William Jennings Bryan. 
D)  soon gold and silver would both be replaced by strictly paper currency. 
E)  the U.S. Treasury did not have sufficient capacity to store silver bullion at Fort Knox. 
A)  the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury would force the United States off the gold standard. 
B)  the unlimited supplies of silver within the United States would cause an extended depression. 
C)  supporting free silver would be politically beneficial to Democrats such as William Jennings Bryan. 
D)  soon gold and silver would both be replaced by strictly paper currency. 
E)  the U.S. Treasury did not have sufficient capacity to store silver bullion at Fort Knox.

Question 17

The Liberal Republican movement favored

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A)  an end to military Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  civil-service reform. 
C)  cheap money. 
D)  denying Ulysses S. Grant a second term as president. 
E)  a two-term limit on the presidency. 
A)  an end to military Reconstruction in the South. 
B)  civil-service reform. 
C)  cheap money. 
D)  denying Ulysses S. Grant a second term as president. 
E)  a two-term limit on the presidency.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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 organized labor's efforts to unionize various industries. 
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 organized labor's efforts to unionize various industries. 
D)  to support reasonable regulation of business. 
E)  to try to enlist farmers as a political counterbalance to industrial laborers.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Greenbacks were a form of paper currency

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Roscoe Conkling

Accepted Answer

Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888) was a promin

One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was

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

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

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

The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved

The legal codes that established the system of segregation were

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

President Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 because

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

The Pendleton Act required people applying for many federal government jobs to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Half-Breed

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winfield Scott Hancock

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

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

President Cleveland's hostility to silver and silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that

The Liberal Republican movement favored

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roscoe Conkling

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

One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was

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

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

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

The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved

The legal codes that established the system of segregation were

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

President Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 because

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

The Pendleton Act required people applying for many federal government jobs to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Half-Breed

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winfield Scott Hancock

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Freedman's Savings and Trust Company

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

President Cleveland's hostility to silver and silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that

The Liberal Republican movement favored

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roscoe Conkling

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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