Mark Twain referred to the two decades following Reconstruction as the
A.  Age of Excess.
B.  Gilded Age.
C.  new Civil War.
D.  Age of Disequilibrium.
E.  Great Barbeque.
Answer: B
Which statement about late-nineteenth-century competition between the two
major parties is the MOST accurate?
A.  The Republicans generally captured the presidency.
B.  Most states fluctuated between the two major parties.
C.  While elections were generally quite close, the Democrats usually
captured Congress.
D.  Each statement is essentially accurate.
E.  None of the above is accurate.
Answer: A
In the late nineteenth century the Democrats tended to attract great numbers
of
A.  Catholics.
B.  recent immigrants.
C.  poorer workers.
D.  both a and b
E.  all of the first three
Answer: E
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Late-nineteenth-century Republican voters tended to favor
A.  immigration restriction.
B.  temperance legislation.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted battles
A.  within the Republican Party.
B.  between Democrats and Republicans.
C.  outside the two-party system entirely.
D.  within the Democratic Party.
E.  within third and fourth parties.
Answer: A
James A. Garfield was
A.  a Half-Breed.
B.  a Republican.
C.  assassinated.
D.  only b and c
E.  all of the first three
Answer: E
Chester A. Arthur
A.  was a Stalwart and a believer in the "spoils system."
B.  signed the Pendleton Act, which created a national civil service.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
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"Mugwumps" were
A.  "liberal Republicans."
B.  people sympathetic to James G. Blaine.
C.  people who left the Republican Party to vote for Grover Cleveland.
D.  assimilated Native Americans.
E.  whites sympathetic to Native Americans.
Answer: C
Grover Cleveland
A.  accused his enemies of advocating "rum, Romanism, and rebellion."
B.  was reluctant to use the veto.
C.  saw the necessity of high tariffs.
D.  served nonconsecutive presidential terms.
E.  flaunted his suspicions of reformers.
Answer: D
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The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
A.  passed without significant opposition.
B.  was regarded as a largely symbolic piece of legislation.
C.  was steadily weakened by the courts.
D.  was used against labor unions.
E.  all of the above
Answer: E
The Sherman Antitrust Act was used against
A.  business.
B.  labor.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
The Republican Party of the late nineteenth century was interested primarily
in
A.  refighting the Civil War.
B.  racial harmony.
C.  the tariff issue.
D.  the plight of the ex-slave.
E.  the prohibition of alcohol.
Answer: C
Which of the following was the party of "rum, Romanism, and rebellion"?
A.  the Republicans
B.  the Greenbackers
C.  the Populists
D.  the Democrats
E.  none of the above
Answer: D
The so-called Granger Laws were designed to
A.  link West and East.
B.  regulate railroads.
C.  regulate banks.
D.  root out corruption.
E.  provide loans to farmers.
Answer: B
Which of the following is the correct chronological order?
A.  The Farmers' Alliances were created first, followed by the Grange
movement and then the People's Party.
B.  The People's Party was created first, followed by the Farmers' Alliances
and then the Grange movement.
C.  The Grange movement was created first, followed by the Farmers' Alliances
and the People's Party.
D.  The Farmers' Alliances were created first, followed by the People's Party
and then the Grange movement.
E.  The Grange movement was created first, followed by the People's Party and
then the Farmers' Alliance system.
Answer: C
The People's Party appealed to
A.  small farmers.
B.  old Knights of Labor workers.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: A
The People's Party tended to appeal to farmers who
A.  relied on one crop.
B.  had little access to credit.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: C
Which of the following did the People's Party NOT call for?
A.  direct election of senators
B.  a higher tariff
C.  a graduated income tax
D.  an end to absentee landownership
E.  inflation of the currency
Answer: B
Which group of Americans was MOST determined to undo the "Crime of '73?"
A.  bankers
B.  government officials
C.  silver-mine owners
D.  eastern businessmen
E.  criminals
Answer: C
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act called for the federal government to
A.  purchase silver.
B.  coin silver.
C.  both a and b
D.  neither a nor b
E.
Answer: A
The election of 1896 was a contest between
A.  William McKinley and Grover Cleveland.
B.  Grover Cleveland and James Weaver.
C.  James Weaver and William Jennings Bryan.
D.  William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley.
E.  Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan.
Answer: D
In 1896 the majority of the Democrats called for
A.  an income tax.
B.  more control over the trusts.
C.  free silver.
D.  both b and c
E.  all of the first three
Answer: E
In 1896 the Populists
A.  supported the free-silver cause with greater passion than William
Jennings Bryan did.
B.  were pleased that the Democrats joined with them on a variety of issues.
C.  fused with the Democrats for the campaign against the Republicans.
D.  were philosophically closer to Grover Cleveland than to William Jennings
Bryan.
E.  accepted both the Democratic presidential and vice presidential
candidates.
Answer: C
In the election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan became the first presidential
candidate to
A.  take his case directly to the American people.
B.  fail to carry a single state.
C.  ask for a recount.
D.  raise his own money fro his campaign.
E.  lose the electoral college vote, but win the popular vote.
Answer: A