Question 1

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

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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.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 2

The political base of the Democratic party in the late 19th 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.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

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?

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Question 4

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.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 5

In the late 19th century, the Republican party was associated with the cultural values of

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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.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

In 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.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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 it inevitable that the little remaining African American suffrage in the South would be totally extinguished? If so, why?

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Question 8

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.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Was Grover Cleveland's gold deal with J.P. Morgan justified? Why or why not?

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Question 10

Which of the following was NOT among the regional groups that formed the solid political base of the Republican party in the late 19th century?

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A)   immigrants living in the large Northeastern cities.
B)   Union Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic.
C)   Southern black freedmen
D)   Midwestern farmers and small merchants.
E)   rural and small-town Northeast residents.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

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.

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Question 12

The national railroad strike of 1877 started when

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A)   President Hayes refused to use troops to keep the trains running.
B)   the four largest railroads cut salaries by 10 percent.
C)   working hours were cut back by the railroad companies.
D)   the railroad workers refused to cross the picket lines of cargo loaders.
E)   the railroads tried to hire Chinese workers.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

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

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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.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of Thomas Nast.

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Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Denis Kearney.

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Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Benjamin Harrison.

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Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of William Belknap.

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Question 18

Which one of the following Gilded Age presidents had a Democratic party affiliation, differing from the other four presidents?

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A)   Ulysses S. Grant
B)   Rutherford Hayes
C)   Grover Cleveland
D)   Benjamin Harrison
E)   Chester ArthurF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 19

In late 19th -century elections, Democrats could generally count on the support of

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A)   the white South.
B)   northern industrial cities.
C)   immigrant groups.
D)   the Midwest.
E)   Catholics and Lutherans.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of James A. Garfield.

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