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23 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896
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1Despite his status as a military hero, General Ulysses S. Grant proved to be a weak political leader because he:
- Awas personally dishonest and corrupt
- Bdid not believe in the principles of the Republican party
- Cwas unable to get others to follow his lead
- Dhad no political experience and was a poor judge of character
- Elacked political ambition
2Which political emotion motivated the Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872?
- ADismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South
- BNostalgia for leadership like that of the martyred Abraham Lincoln
- CDisgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration
- DA fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks
- EA desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business
3All of the following were causes of the panic that broke out in the United States in 1873 EXCEPT:
- Aa ripple effect from similar, simultaneous economic panics in Europe and worldwide
- Bthe expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than the existing markets would bear
- Cbank failures resulting from imprudent financial loans made by bankers in support of questionable business ventures
- Dthe loss of substantial financial investments by speculators in dubious and unsustainable business ventures.
- EWall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback party
4What was a key result of the Republican hard-money policies in the mid-1870s?
- AThe rise of the American dollar against foreign currencies
- BDamage to the country's credit rating
- CThe return to the silver "Dollar of Our Daddies" as the dominant form of U.S. money
- DThe defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874
- EA political turn tot he Democrats and the new Greenback Labor Party
5Which development was a critical reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor of the Gilded Age?
- AThe radical ideological differences between the Democratic and Republican parties
- BSharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the Democratic and Republican parties
- CReligious conflict between Catholics and mainline Protestants
- DPolitical differences over the policy issue of civil service
- ESectional tensions among the Northeast, Midwest, and South
6All of the following were among the groups that formed the solid political base of the Republican party in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:
- Anorthern big cities
- BUnion Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic
- Csouthern black freedmen
- Dthe Midwest
- Ethe rural and small-town Midwest
7What political development resulted from the Compromise of 1877?
- AA renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South
- BThe withdrawal of federal troops and abandonment of black rights in the South
- CThe election of a Democrat to the presidency
- DRepublican support for an inflationary silver money policy
- EA plan to build the first transcontinental railroad
8At the end of Reconstruction, southern whites disenfranchised African Americans, using all of the following strategies EXCEPT:
- Aliteracy requirements
- Bpoll taxes
- Ceconomic intimidation
- Dlynching
- Ethe use of federal troops to discourage African Americans from voting in elections
9Which of the following was NOT a cause of labor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s?
- AAgitation by communist sympathizers
- BReductions in wages by railroad owners and other industrial employers
- CCompetition of cheap labor from recently arrived immigrants from China
- DConflict between ethnic groups for unskilled jobs
- EYears of depression and deflation that undermined workers' living standards
10All of the following internal developments in China during the late nineteenth century resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States EXCEPT:
- Athe disintegration of the Chinese Empire
- Bthe seizure of farmland by landlords
- Cthe intrusion of European powers
- DThe Nationalist Communist Civil War
- Elimited economic opportunity for Chinese peasants
11With the passage of the Pendleton Act, prohibiting political contributions from many federal workers, politicians increasingly sought money from
- ALabor Union
- BFarmers and Agrarian Associations
- CForeign Contributors
- DContractors doing business with the Federal Government
- ELarge Corporations
12Which policy of President Grover Cleveland represented a departure from the broad consensus of most Gilded Age presidents?
- AA higher tariff rate
- BA lower tariff rate
- CAnti-lynching laws
- DGovernment Aid to Farmers
- EInflation of the Currency by making Silver into Gold
13How did the billion dollar Congress quickly dispose of rising government surpluses?
- ACongress provided subsidies to wheat, corn, and cotton farmers
- BCongress built an expensive new steel navy
- CCongress expanded pensions for Civil War veterans
- DCongress cut tariffs and other taxes
- ECongress increased spending on railroads and other transportation projects
14President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he:
- Awas able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment
- Bunderstood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers
- Chad a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver
- Dwas unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis
- Ewas able to skillfully incorporate some populist proposals into the Democratic party
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