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1What were the issues supported by the Democratic Party in the Gilded Age?
- Alowering tariffs, transcontinental railroad
- Bcivil rights, encouraged economic growth
- Cpolicies for the nation as a whole, governments an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
- Dstates' rights, decentralization, limited government, local and small government
2What were the issues supported by the Republican Party in the Gilded Age?
- Astates' rights, decentralization, limited, small, and local government
- Bpolicies for the nation as a whole, civil rights, encouraged economic growth
- Clowered tariffs, transcontinental railroad
- Dgovernment's an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
3The Wabash Case of 1886 (Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois) gave states the rights to regulate railroads.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
4Rutherford B. Hayes' accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1876-1880)
- Aending military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite his veto,
- BUnion army hero, longtime member of Congress, foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
- Creversed Latin America foreign policy, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
- D1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
5James A. Garfield's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1880-1881)
- Aended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
- B1st Democratic president since 1861, continued naval construction, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
- Creversed foreign policies in Latin America, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
- DUnion army hero and longtime member of Congress, adopted foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
6Chester A. Arthur's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1881-1884)
- Areversed Latin America foreign policy, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
- BUnion army hero and longtime member of Congress, began construction of modern American navy, adopted foreign policies in Latin America
- Cended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
- D1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, cattle, and lumber companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
7Grover Cleveland's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1884-1888)
- Aended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison SIlver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
- Breversed foreign policies in Latin America, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
- C1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land
- DUnion army hero and longtime member of Congress, adopted foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
8What were some of the laws passed by the Republican controlled Congress in 1890?
- AMcKinley Tariff Act- raised tariffs by 4%
Dependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children
Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses - BDependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children
Pendleton Act- reform civil services - CInterstate Commerce Commision- investigate and oversee railroad activities
Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses
Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage - DSherman Silver Purchase Act- buy silver monthly, issue treasury notes as payment
Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage
Federal Elections Bill- protect Black voting rights
- AMcKinley Tariff Act- raised tariffs by 4%
9Major complaints of the Populist Party included droughts, mortgages, rising crop prices, rising railroad prices for shipment, and the crop lien system, otherwise known as the "anaconda system".
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
10The Ocala Platform of the Populist Party believed in.....
- Acreation of "sub-treasury system" which would allow farmers to store crops in government warehouses and in return, the government could claim treasury notes for up to 80% of local value of the crops
- Bfree coinage of silver, federal income tax
- Cend to protective tariffs and national banks, direct election of senators by the voters
- Dtighter regulation of railroad companies
11What role did the Populist Party play in the 1892 elections?
- Aadopted half of the Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than 2 million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
- Badopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
- Cignored Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive almost a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
- Dadopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million electoral votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
12What were some of the difficulties faced by the second Cleveland administration?
- A15,000+ plus closed businesses, 600+ closed banks
- Beconomy expanded too fast and resulted in economic crisis, companies overbuilt, farms and businesses borrowed heavily
- CPanic of 1893, stock market crash, "Industrial Black Friday" on May 5, 1893
- DCoxey's Army, Pullman Strike, unemployment, miner problems
13What was Grover Cleveland's response to the Depression on 1893?
- Arepealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
- Bpassed the Sherman SIlver Purchase Act, bought 4 bonds
- CWilson-Gorman Tariff Act, sold 2 bonds, bought 2 bonds
- Drepealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Pendleton Act
14How did women and children enter the workforce following the Depression of 1893?
- Alaundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators, clerks, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
- Bmilitary, factories, businesses, telegraph and telephone operators
- Cnurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
- Dmilitary, factories, businesses, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, laundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators
15Why did women and children enter the work force following the Depression of 1893?
- Ahusbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet, more families were working to earn money for luxuries
- Bhusbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
- Cdepression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
- Ddepression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers wanted their wives and children to work
16American literature in the 1870's began to lean more towards realism, naturalism, while still reflecting moods of romanticism-sentimental and unrealistic. Later on, American literature rejected escapism and_________ for realism to portray life as it really was.
- Anaturalism
- Bindustrialism
- Cpragmatism
- Dromanticism
17Horatio Alger was a famous author who wrote....
- A"Ben Hur"
- Blessons/books on business and life
- Cbooks about life in the South
- Dguides to relationships between people
18Famous authors who wrote realism literature include.....
- AAnna Sewell, Horatio Alger
- BLouisa May Alcott
- CSamuel Langhorne Clemens
- DMark Twain, William Dean Howells
19Which best describes the Republicans campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
- Alet people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
- Bpromote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
- Cgraduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
- Dcame to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
20Which best describes the Democratic campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
- Acame to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
- Blet people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
- Cgraduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
- Dpromote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
21Which best describes the Populist campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
- Apromote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
- Blet people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
- Ccame to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
- Dgraduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
22During the McKinley administration, the economy fell, stock market fell, factory production decreases, farmers suffered and the Dingley Tariff was passed, which raised tariffs to a record level
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
23What was the result of the elections of 1900?
- AMcKinley-President
Bryan-Vice - BBryan-President
Theodore Roosevelt-Vice - CTheodore Roosevelt-President
Bryan-Vice - DMcKinley-President
Theodore Roosevelt-Vice
- AMcKinley-President
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