At the conclusion of the Civil War, General Ulysses S.
Grant...
a. refused gifts offered him by the American
public.
b. proved that he was a sound judge of human
character.
c. rejoined the Democratic party.
d. accepted
gifts of houses and money from citizens.
e. ruled out running for office.
D
In the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant
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. demonstrated his political skill.
e.
all of the above.
B
As a result of the Civil War, ....
a. the population of the
United States declined.
b. political dishonesty grew while
honesty in business rose.
c. the North developed a strong sense
of moral superiority.
d. the great majority of political and
business leaders became corrupt.
e. waste, extravagance,
speculation, and graft reduced the moral stature of the Republic.
E
In the late nineteenth century, those political candidates who
campaigned by "waving the bloody shirt" were reminding
voters...
a. of the "treason" of the Confederate
Democrats during the Civil War.
b. that the Civil War had been
caused by the election of a Republican president.
c. of the
graft-filled "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
Which one of the following is least related to the other
three?
a. Jim Fisk
b. "Black Friday"
c. Jay
Gould
d. "Ohio Idea"
e. Wall Street gold market
D
One weapon that was used to put Boss Tweed, leader of New York City's
infamous Tweed Ring, in jail was...
a. the cartoons of the
political satirist Thomas Nast.
b. federal income tax evasion
charges.
c. the RlCO racketeering act.
d. New York City's
ethics laws.
e. granting immunity to Tweed's cronies in exchange
for testimony.
A
The Credit Mobilier scandal involved...
a. public utility
company bribes.
b. Bureau of Indian Affairs payoffs.
c.
railroad construction kickbacks.
d. evasion of excise taxes on
distilled liquor.
e. manipulating the Wall Street stock market.
C
In an attempt to avoid prosecution for their corrupt dealings. the
owners of Credit Mobilizer...
a. left the country.
b.
belatedly started to follow honest business practices.
c. sold
controlling interest in the company to others.
d. tried to gain
immunity by testifying before Congress.
e. distributed shares of
the company's valuable stock to key congressmen.
E
President Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 because...
a.
the Democrats and Liberal Republicans could not decide on a single
candidate.
b. he promised reforms in the political
system.
c. he pleaded for a clasping of hands across "the
bloody chasm" between the North and South.
d. his opponents
chose a poor candidate for the presidency.
e. federal troops
still controlled the South.
D
Match each politician below with the Republican political faction
with which he was associated.
A. Roscoe Conkling 1. "Half-Breeds"
B. James
Blaine 2. Stalwarts
C. Horace Greeley 3. Regular
Republicans
D. Ulysses Grant 4. Liberal Republicans
a. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-l
b. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
c. A-1,
B-2, C-3, D-4
d. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
e. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
D
One cause of the panic that broke in 1873 was...
a. the
reissuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks.
b. the
construction of more factories than existing markets would
bear.
c. an extremely high rate of inflation.
d. the
formation of the Greenback Labor party.
e. excessive speculation
in mining stocks.
B
As a solution to the panic or depression of 1873, debtors
suggested...
a. a policy of deflation.
b. a passage of the
Resumption Act of 1875.
c. stronger federal control of
banking.
d. restoring the government's credit rating.
e.
inflationary policies
E
One result of Republican "hard money" policies was...
a. a strong dollar against foreign currencies.
b. damage to
the country's credit rating.
c. the return to the "Dollar of
Our Daddies," silver dollars, as the dominant coin in
circulation.
d. the defeat of a Democratic House of
Representatives in 1874.
e. the formation of the Greenback Labor party.
E
Those who enjoyed a successful political career in the post-Civil War
decades were usually...
a. reformers.
b.
incorruptible.
c. party loyalists.
d. political
independents.
e. wealthy and well educated.
C
During the Gilded Age, the Democrats and the Republicans...
a.
had few significant economic differences.
b. agreed on currency
policy but not the tariff.
c. were separated by substantial
differences in economic policy.
d. held similar views on all
economic issues except for civil service reform.
e. were divided
over silver vs. gold currency.
A
The presidential elections of the 1870s and 1880s...
a. were all
won by Republicans.
b. involved charismatic
personalities.
c. were rarely close.
d. usually involved
sharp partisan differences over issues like currency policy and
civil-service reform.
e. aroused great interest among voters.
E
One reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor
of the Gilded Age was...
a. the parties' differences over
economic issues.
b. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the
membership of the two parties.
c. battles between Catholics and
Lutherans.
d. differences over the issue of the civil
service.
e. sectional tensions between the Northeast and Midwest.
B
During the Gilded Age, the lifeblood of both the Democratic and the
Republican parties was...
a. the Grand Army of the
Republic.
b. the Roman Catholic Church.
c. ideological
commitment.
d. big-city political machines.
e. political patronage.
E
"Spoilsmen" was the label attached to those who
a.
expected government jobs from their party's elected
officeholders...
b. ravaged the pristine environment of the
"golden West" for their own profit.
c. manipulated
railroad stocks to their own private advantage.
d. supported
civil-service reform.
e. engaged in political corruption.
A
The major problem in the 1876 presidential election centered
on...
a. who would be Speaker of the House.
b. the two sets
of election returns submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and
Louisiana.
c. Samuel Tilden's association with corrupt
politicians.
d. President Grant's campaign for a third
term.
e. failure to use the secret "Australian ballot"
in some places.
B
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in...
a. a renewal of the
Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the
South.
b. the withdrawal of federal troops from the
South.
c. the election of a Democrat to the presidency.
d.
passage of the Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act.
e. a plan to
build the first transcontinental railroad.
B
The sequence of presidential terms of the "forgettable
presidents" of the Gilded Age (including Cleveland's two
non-consecutive terms) was...
a. Cleveland, Hayes, Harrison,
Cleveland, Arthur, Garfield.
b. Garfield, Hayes, Harrison,
Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.
c. Cleveland, Garfield, Arthur,
Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland.
d. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur,
Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland.
e. Hayes, Garfield, Harrison,
Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.
D
In the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled
that...
a. African Americans could be denied the right to
vote.
b. segregation was unconstitutional.
c. "separate
but equal" facilities were constitutional.
d. the Fourteenth
Amendment did not apply to African Americans.
e. literacy test.
for voting were constitutional.
C
At the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African
Americans with...
a. literacy requirements.
b. poll
taxes.
c. economic intimidation.
d. grandfather
clauses.
e. all of the above
E
The legal codes that established the system of segregation
were...
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. passed during Reconstruction.
B
The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes opened with...
a. a
peaceful labor scene.
b. increased overseas expansion.
c.
scenes of class warfare.
d. charges of corruption.
e.
improved race relations.
C
The railroad strike of 1877 started when...
a. President Hayes
refused to use troops to keep the trains running.
b. the four
largest railroads cut salaries by ten 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.
B
Labor unrest during the Hayes administration stemmed from...
a.
agitation by Communist sympathizers.
b. the establishment of the
Socialist party.
c. the collapse of the steel industry.
d.
competition among rival unions.
e. long years of depression and deflation.
C
Labor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s resulted in...
a. Congress's
passing legislation supporting the formation of unions.
b. a ban
on Irish immigration.
c. the use of federal troops during
strikes.
d. congressional acts to ban strikes.
e. growing
middle class support for labor.
C
In the wake of anti-Chinese violence in California, the United States
Congress...
a. negotiated a restricted-immigration agreement with
China.
b. did nothing, as it was California's problem.
c.
banned the Keameyites in San Francisco.
d. sent many Chinese back
to their homeland.
e. passed a law prohibiting the immigration of
Chinese laborers to America.
E
Which of the following internal developments in China resulted in
Chinese immigration to the United States?
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 the above
E
One of the main reasons that the Chinese came to the United States
was to...
a. dig for gold.
b. work on the East
Coast.
c. replace the newly freed slaves in the South.
d.
buy their own farms.
e. all of the above.
A
The Chinese word tong means...
a. criminal organization.
b.
meeting hall.
c. labor union.
d. family.
e. cooking utensil.
B
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated while in
office; the second was...
a. Rutherford Hayes.
b. William
McKinley.
c. Chester Arthur.
d. Benjamin Harrison.
e.
James Garfield.
E
President James A. Garfield was assassinated...
a. as a result
of his service in the Civil War.
b. because he was a Stalwart
Republican.
c. because he opposed civil-service reform.
d.
by a deranged, disappointed office seeker.
e. by a political anarchist.
D
The Pendleton Act required appointees to public office to...
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. pledge
independence from either major political party.
e. have a college degree
A
With the passage of the Pendleton Act, politicians now sought money
from...
a. new immigrants.
b. civil-service workers.
c.
the small army of factory workers whom they now had to
mobilize.
d. foreign contributors.
e. big corporations
E
The 1884 election contest between James G. Blaine and Grover
Cleveland was noted for...
a. its emphasis on issues.
b. low
voter turnout.
c. its personal attacks on the two
candidates.
d. a landslide victory for the reform-minded
Republicans.
e. its virtual tie in the electoral college.
C
Which one of the following Gilded Age presidents had a different
party affiliation from the other four?
a. Ulysses S.
Grant
b. Rutherford Hayes
c. Grover Cleveland
d.
Benjamin Harrison
e. Chester Arthur
C
When he was president, Grover Cleveland's hands-off approach to
government gained the support of...
a. Civil War
prisoners.
b. the Great Army of the Republic.
c.
farmers.
d. workers.
e. businesspeople.
E
On the issue of the tariff, President Grover Cleveland...
a.
supported high rates.
b. advocated a lower rate.
c. had no
opinion.
d. followed the advice of his party.
e. favored
tariffs on agricultural products
B
The major campaign issue of the 1888 presidential election
was...
a. civil-service reform.
b. the big trust
question.
c. the currency question.
d. foreign
policy.
e. tariff policy.
E
In the latter decades of the nineteenth century, it was generally
true that the locus of political power was...
a.
Congress.
b. the president.
c. the federal courts.
d.
the federal bureaucracy.
e. the states.
A
The "Billion-Dollar Congress" quickly disposed of rising
government surpluses by...
a. providing subsidies to wheat, corn,
and cotton farmers.
b. building an expensive new steel
navy.
c. expanding pensions for Civil War veterans.
d.
cutting tariffs and other taxes.
e. increasing spending on
railroads and other transportation projects.
C
Which of the following was not among the platform planks adopted by
the Populist Party in their convention of 1892?
a. government
ownership of the railroads, telephone, and telegraph
b. free and
unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1
c. a one-tern
limit on the presidency
d. government guarantees of "parity
prices" for farmers
e. immigration restrictions
D
The four states completely carried by the Populists in the election
of 1892 were...
a. Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota.
b. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois.
c. Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico, Kansas.
d. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Vermont.
e. Kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada.
E
The early Populist campaign to create a coalition of white and black
farmers ended in...
a. a racist backlash that eliminated black
voting in the South.
b. the transformation of Tom Watson into a
fervent civil rights leader.
c. an alignment of wealthy
"Bourbon" whites with moderate blacks.
d. the breakdown
of segregation in areas outside southern cities.
e. the emergence
of Republican political power in the South.
A
The political developments of the 1890s were largely shaped
by...
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.
C
Economic unrest and the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act led
to the rise of the pro-silver leader...
a. Tom Watson.
b.
William Jennings Bryan.
c. William McKinley.
d. J. Pierpont
Morgan.
e. Adlai E. Stevenson.
B
President Grover Cleveland aroused widespread public anger by his
action of...
a. vetoing the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act.
b.
using federal troops to suppress Populist demonstrations.
c.
taking the United States off the gold standard.
d. borrowing $65
million in gold from J.P. Morgan's banking syndicate.
e. wasting
the federal surplus on pork-barrel spending.
D
The greatest political beneficiary of the backlash against President
Cleveland in the Congressional elections of 1894 were...
a. the
republicans
b. the Populists
c. the "goldbug"
Democrats
d. the Greenback Labor Party
e. the Knights of Labor
A