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Terms in this set (50)The prominent political movements between the end of Reconstruction and World War I ignored which of the following goals? a. Limiting the power of big business d. Bringing full equality to blacks In general, progressives differed from labor and farm advocates because the progressives a. were mostly middle-class urban reformers. a. were mostly middle-class urban reformers. Why were the presidents in office during the period from 1877 to 1895 generally undistinguished and ineffectual? a. The primary system of nominating presidents chose the candidates by their salability rather than their qualifications. c. Extremely close elections limited their ability to maneuver and take tough political stands. The national political stalemate of the 1880s and early 1890s originated in part because of a. the incredible population growth resulting from immigration. a. the incredible population growth resulting from immigration. Between 1876 and 1892, Americans could be described as a. highly partisan and politically active. a. highly partisan and politically active. The Pendleton Act of 1883 a. created the Civil Service Commission, which filled some government jobs by examination. a. created the Civil Service Commission, which filled some government jobs by examination. Mugwumps were reformers who a. supported welfare reform. c. supported smaller government. Which of the following was the first federal law ever passed to regulate trusts? a. Sherman Antitrust Act a. Sherman Antitrust Act Which president advocated measures to protect black voting rights in the South after the end of Reconstruction? a. James Garfield b. Benjamin Harrison Why did Congress abandon efforts to enforce black voting rights and fair elections in the South after 1892? a. The Supreme Court had ruled that such efforts were unconstitutional. d. Voters largely rejected Republicans and their policies in 1890, giving control of Congress and the presidency to the Democrats. Why did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's bill to create a bipartisan federal election board fail to pass in the Senate in 1890? a. Northern liberals were afraid that it provided for too much democracy. a. Northern liberals were afraid that it provided for too much democracy. In their 1892 Omaha Platform, Populists called for a. women's suffrage. c. a federal income tax. Which segment of the American population drove the creation and success of the People's Party in the early 1890s? a. Urban workers b. Farmers How did the federal government respond when jobless men marched on Washington in 1894? a. President
Cleveland listened to them sympathetically. c. Their leader Jacob Coxey was arrested and their demands were not met. Who stepped in to aid the federal government when the U.S. Treasury's gold supplies dwindled badly in 1895? a. Theodore Roosevelt c. J. P. Morgan and a syndicate of bankers Which of the following was President Cleveland's greatest public relations failure during his presidency? a. Sentencing Jacob Coxey to death c. Conducting secret negotiations with J. P. Morgan to replenish American gold Which of the following explains the inability of the Populists to become a major national political party alongside the Republicans and the Democrats in the late 1890s? a. Their refusal to reach out to
African American voters c. The economic depression of the 1890s In which of the following ways did American politics change during the mid-1890s? a. Southern blacks regained some access to voting and political rights. b. Democrats became almost the only political party in the South for decades. Which of the following was a reason for fanning the fire of racial prejudice in the South? a. To give white yeomen a step up in the region's class-stratified society b. To prevent a Populist coalition between poor whites and African Americans What strategy did southern Democrats employ to counteract the appeal of the Populists in the South in the 1880s? a. Building cross-racial alliances d. Expanding the convict lease system Which of the following was a result of the laws passed to disenfranchise blacks across the South in the 1890s and early 1900s? a. The Republican Party was able to regain
near parity with the Democrats once it no longer pursued black southern voters. d. Segregation laws barring blacks from public and private places such as hotels, parks, and public drinking fountains were passed. Advocates of free silver believed it would a. reduce the price of manufactured goods. d. encourage borrowing and stimulate industry. During the mid-1890s, many middle-class and prosperous Americans reformers neglected a. the economic depression of the 1890s. d. women's suffrage. What did William Jennings Bryan mean when he stated, "You shall not crucify mankind on a cross of gold" in his famous 1896 speech? a. The United States should abandon the gold
standard to stimulate industry. a. The United States should abandon the gold standard to stimulate industry. Why was McKinley's campaign in the 1896 presidential election superior to Bryan's? a. McKinley traveled extensively to be seen and heard by the public and Bryan did not. b. McKinley raised and spent a great deal of money donated by corporations. While William Jennings Bryan promoted free silver; McKinley a. called for lower tariffs and an income tax. b. backed away from moral issues and courted new immigrants. Which of the following presidents most easily won election to the White House and was seen as a powerful presence in the Oval Office? a. Rutherford B. Hayes b. William McKinley New laws that restricted African Americans' and northern immigrants' access to the vote helped to ensure the passage of a. the creation of a federal income tax. b. the direct election of U.S. senators. Which of the following cases is an example of the Supreme Court invalidating state regulatory laws? a. Lochner v. New York a. Lochner v. New York To bring big coal companies to the negotiating table during the 1902 coal strike, President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to a. arrest and jail the companies' workers and owners. b. nationalize the coal companies. In a landmark decision regarding the Northern Securities Company, the U.S. Supreme Court a. declared the Sherman Antitrust Act unconstitutional. c. ordered the Northern Securities Company railroad trust dissolved. After Roosevelt won the presidency in his own right in 1904, he did which of the following? a. Began a campaign to nationalize most large corporations d. Implemented his Square Deal by stepping up his attacks on American trusts What was the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in the 1911 Standard Oil case? a. The Standard Oil trust remained in place for several more decades. b. The monopoly was broken up into several competing companies. Which of the following statements characterizes President Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources? a. He was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resources. d. He was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interests. Which of the following statements characterizes the state of the Republican Party in Congress at the beginning of the Taft administration? a. Republicans in Congress united solidly behind Taft's presidency. c. Conservatives opposed further reforms while progressives sought more radical change. Which of the following issues did most middle-class, grassroots progressives ignore in the early 1900s? a. Cleaning up
government and breaking the power of corrupt political machines b. Fighting for the civil and political rights of blacks and new immigrants Which of the following describes both the reform movements in the 1880s and the 1890s and those between 1900 and 1920? a. They were focused mostly on agrarian and labor issues. d. Women played an integral part in the reform movements of both periods. Why did the National Child Labor Committee, founded in 1907, hire photographer Lewis Hine? a. To document the living conditions of child laborers in poor neighborhoods c. To record the brutal conditions in mines and mills where children worked The Supreme Court's 1908 decision in Muller v. Oregon upheld a law a. forcing employers to provide day care for workers' children. b. limiting the workday for women to ten hours. Between 1910 and 1917, all the industrial states enacted laws that a. banned child labor in factories. c. provided insurance for on-the-job accidents. Organized in 1905, the Niagara Movement embraced a. environmental protection, including clean water. c. equal opportunity for African Americans. Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois were both founders of the a. YMCA. b. NAACP. Which of the following was promoted by Republican governor Robert La Follette (1901-1905) as the Wisconsin Idea? a. Greater government intervention in the economy a. Greater government intervention in the economy In the early 1900s, the Industrial Workers of the World were committed to achieving a. government regulation of trusts. c. a new society run by and for workers. What prevented Theodore Roosevelt from achieving the Republican presidential nomination in 1912? a. Taft had superior
fundraising ability and, by outspending Roosevelt, he prevailed. c. Taft controlled the party caucuses, whose leaders chose the candidate at the national convention. What was the outcome of the 1912 presidential election? a. Wilson won with a minority of the popular vote because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote. a. Wilson won with a minority of the popular vote because Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote. Which of the following is correctly matched? a. Adamson Act—eight-hour workday for railroad workers a. Adamson Act—eight-hour workday for railroad workers Which president presided over the largest expansion of federal powers between the Civil War and the Great Depression? a. William Taft c. Woodrow Wilson Which of the following Progressive reforms amended the Sherman Act to prevent trusts from curbing competition? a. Federal Reserve Act c. Newlands Reclamation Act What was the lasting legacy of the Progressive movement in America? a. It successfully challenged the
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