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| was Garfield's vice president. |
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| William Jennings Bryan... |
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| was a Democratic presidential candidate in 1896. |
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| was elected to two nonconsecutive terms as president. |
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| led march on Washington, D.C., to demand that the federal government provide jobs for the unemployed. |
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| was McKinley's campaign manager. |
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| told farmers to obtain their goals with either the ballot or the bayonet. |
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| devised the sub-treasury plan. |
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| was a Populist presidential candidate in 1892. |
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| True/False: During the Gilded Age, voter turnout was significantly higher than it is today. |
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| True/False: Through the Gilded Age, the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. |
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| True/False: Politics in the late nineteenth century was dominated by a series of strong presidents. |
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| True/False: Benjamin Harrison was assassinated by a deranged office seeker. |
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| True/False: James A. Garfield was the first southerner to be elected president since the Civil War. |
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| True/False: Mugwumps tended to oppose civil service reform. |
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| True/False: Grover Cleveland was known as "the continental liar from the state of Maine." |
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| True/False: The Grand Army of the Republic was an organization of Union veterans. |
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| True/False: When first created, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was too weak to regulate the railroads effectively. |
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| True/False: As president, Benjamin Harrison supported generous pensions for veterans. |
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| True/False: One of the biggest problems farmers faced was falling commodity prices, caused in part by overproduction. |
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| True/False: Farmers were generally hurt by the high tariff. |
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| True/False: The Farmers' Alliances were strongest in the Midwest and Northeast. |
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| True/False: The Farmers' Alliances accepted female and black members. |
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| True/False: The Grange was the leading farm organization through the 1890s. |
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| True/False: In 1896 the Republican party supported the gold standard. |
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| True/False: After his defeat in 1896, William Jennings Bryan's proposals were largely forgotten. |
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| When Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner labeled the post-Civil War era the "gilded age," the implied that it was characterized by: |
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| Widespread greed and corruption. |
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| Voter turnout during the Gilded Age was commonly: |
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| Between 70 and 80 percent. |
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| The one issue on which there were clear-cut divisions between Democrats and Republicans in the Gilded Age was: |
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| How much support did people living during the Gilded Age expect from the federal government? |
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| Rutherford B. Hayes never had a serious chance of a second term as president because of: |
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| The controversy over his election in 1876. |
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| Was tapped as Garfield's vice president to please the Stalwarts. |
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| The "Mongrel tariff" of 1883: |
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| was called the "mongrel tariff" because it called for different rates for different commodities. |
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| The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act: |
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| provided for appointment to a number of government jobs on the basis of competitive exams. |
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| Which of the following best describes Rutherford B. Hayes and civil service reform? |
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| Hayes was unable to get civil service legislation through Congress, but he set up his own rules for merit appointments. |
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| Were led by Roscoe Conkling. |
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| As president, Chester Arthur proved to be: |
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| Surprisingly competent and independent. |
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| Which of the following was a Democrat? |
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| During the campaign for the presidential election of 1884, many prominent Republican leaders and supporters left the party because: |
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| Letters were discovered linking candidate James G. Blaine to the railroads. |
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| Mugwumps were centered in: |
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| Large cities and major universities. |
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| In 1884 Speaker of the House James G. Blaine was sullied by his ties to: |
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| Which of the following had an illegitimate child? |
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| A reference in the 1884 presidential campaign to "rum, Romanism, and rebellion": |
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| Hurt candidate James G. Blaine. |
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| Had a strictly limited view of government's role. |
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| The Interstate Commerce Commission: |
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| Was created to regulate railroads. |
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| Grover Cleveland showed political courage when he vetoed legislation favored by: |
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| President Cleveland's most dramatic challenge to the power of special interests focused on: |
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| In the election of 1888, which party became known as the Grand Old Party? |
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| Benjamin Harrison was elected president: |
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| Even though he received fewer popular votes than the loser, Grover Cleveland. |
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| The McKinley Tariff of 1890: |
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| Raised duties on manufactured goods. |
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| Which of the following was NOT a factor in the decline of commodity prices during the Gilded Age? |
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| The Sherman Silver Purchase Act decreased the amount of silver purchased by the government and therefore caused deflation and lower prices. |
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| In Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court upheld: |
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| The right of state and local governments to regulate industry essential to the public welfare. |
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| Passage of the "Granger Laws": |
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| Laid a foundation for stronger legislation to follow. |
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| In the 1878 midterm elections, this party polled more than 1 million votes and elected fifteen congressmen: |
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| Allowed farmers to secure low-interest government loans. |
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| Helped establish the Populist Party. |
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| All of the following were included in the 1892 Omaha Platform of the People's party: graduated income tax, increasing the amount of currency in circulation, nationalizing the railroads, and implementing the sub-treasury plan EXCEPT |
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| Halting the free and unlimited coinage of silver. |
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| In the presidential election of 1892, the Populist candidate: |
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| Alliance meetings and Populists rallies often occurred in: |
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| Advised farmers to obtain their goals "with the ballot if possible, but if not that way then with the bayonet." |
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| In the depression of 1893, unemployment hovered around: |
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| One of the causes of the 1893 depression was failure of: |
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| Following the 1893 depression, Coxey's Army: |
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| Demanded government jobs for the unemployed. |
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| "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!" This statement was made by: |
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