Question 1

In the late nineteenth century, the most striking feature of the American party system was its

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remarkable stability

Question 2

In American politics during the late nineteenth century

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Republicans usually held a majority in the Senate

Question 3

An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

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voter turnout for both presidential and nonpresidential elections was very high

Question 4

The high degree of party loyalty in the late nineteenth century is explained primarily by

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a voter's regional background

Question 5

In the late nineteenth century, Democrats tended to attract the greater numbers of

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Catholics

Question 6

In the late nineteenth century, a voter's party identification was usually a reflection of

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cultural background

Question 7

Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government

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was relatively inactive

Question 8

In the late nineteenth century, as veterans of the Civil War retired,

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a majority of the black and white male population in the North received federal pensions

Question 9

The political battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds constituted a fight

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between traditionalists and reformers

Question 10

James A. Garfield

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was assassinated by an unsuccessful office seeker

Question 11

Chester A. Arthur

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supported the Pendleton Act as part of civil service reform

Question 12

In the election of 1884, Mugwumps were

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unhappy Republicans who threatened to vote for the Democrats

Question 13

As president, Grover Cleveland

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was a fiscal conservative

Question 14

The election of 1888

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involved clear economic differences between the major parties

Question 15

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

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was used by the federal government against labor unions

Question 16

In the late nineteenth century, the issue of primary interest to the Republican Party was

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supporting high tariffs

Question 17

As a result of the McKinley Tariff of 1890

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Republicans suffered significant political losses that year

Question 18

In 1892, President Grover Cleveland

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followed policies similar to those of his first term

Question 19

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

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both A and B

Question 20

In the late nineteenth century, the Granger Laws supported the interests of

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farmers

Question 21

What statement regarding the national Grange movement is FALSE?

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It was greatly strengthened by the end of the economic depression in the late 1870s

Question 22

Compared to the Grange movement, The Farmers' Alliances

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were more national in scale

Question 23

The election of 1892

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saw the debut of the People's Party

Question 24

In the 1890s, Populism appealed to

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all of the above

Question 25

In 1892, the People's Party called for

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a government network of crop warehouses

Question 26

In the late nineteenth century, American Populism

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favored the direct election of United States senators

Question 27

The Panic of 1893

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triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point

Question 28

The economic decline that followed the Panic of 1893 demonstrated

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the degree to which the American economy had become interconnected

Question 29

In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters

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called for a public works program for the unemployed

Question 30

To many middle-class Americans, the major labor upheavals of the late nineteenth century

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were dangerous signs of social instability

Question 31

In 1873, the Congressional law that officially discontinued silver coinage

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became known to critics as the Crime of `73.

Question 32

In the 1890s, farmers favored the federal government's coinage of silver because

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it would result in an inflation of currency

Question 33

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 called for the federal government to

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purchase silver

Question 34

In the 1890s, President Grover Cleveland faced the severe economic problem of

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declining gold reserves

Question 35

As the Republican Party approached the 1896 election, they were

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confident of victory

Question 36

In 1896, the Democratic political platform

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adopted several, but not all, major Populist issues

Question 37

The Cross of Gold speech was given in 1896 by

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 38

The Cross of Gold speech appealed primarily to

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farmers

Question 39

In the campaign of 1896, President William McKinley

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campaigned largely from his house

Question 40

The 1896 election results saw

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the Populist movement suffer a crippling defeat

Question 41

In 1896, the major issue of William McKinley's administration was

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the desire for higher tariffs

Question 42

American agriculture during the 1890s benefited from

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foreign crop failures

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