Deck 17: Gilded Age Politics

Question 1

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Maximum Freight Rate case?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Answer 1

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Question 2

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Interstate Commerce Act?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Answer 2

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Question 3

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Munn v. Illinois?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Answer 3

Answer not provided.

Question 4

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Dingley Tariff of 1897?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 5

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the tariff debate?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 6

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the monetary-policy debate?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 7

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 8

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: James G. Blaine?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 9

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: President James A. Garfield?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 10

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Bland-Allison Act of 1878?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 11

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: President Chester A. Arthur?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 12

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: President Rutherford B. Hayes?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 13

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Stalwarts, the Half Breeds, and the Mugwumps?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 14

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Wabash case?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 15

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 16

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: "waving the bloody shirt"?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 17

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 18

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Frances Willard?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 19

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Grand Army of the Republic?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 20

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the McKinley Tariff of 1890?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 21

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the poll tax?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 22

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Mississippi Plan?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 23

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Jim Crow laws?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 24

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: "rum, Romanism, and rebellion"?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 25

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Ida B. Wells?
Instructions:
- Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 26

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the "Billion Dollar Congress"?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 27

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the presidential campaign and election of 1884?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 28

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the American Woman Suffrage Association?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 29

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Dependents' Pension Act?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 30

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Susan B. Anthony?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 31

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Civil Rights cases?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 32

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the National Woman Suffrage Association?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 33

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Grange movement?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 34

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the presidential election and campaign of 1888?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 35

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: U.S. v. Reese?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 36

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Plessy v. Ferguson and Cummins v. County Board of Education?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 37

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: President Benjamin Harrison?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 38

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the White Hats?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 39

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the "grandfather clause"?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 40

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: President Grover Cleveland?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 41

The late nineteenth century has been called the Gilded Age because

A) the government was firmly committed to the gold standard.
B) the era was characterized by an obsession with riches.
C) the average American's standard of living rapidly improved.
D) people from the countryside were lured to the rapidly growing cities.

Question 42

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Jacob S. Coxey?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 43

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Populist (People's) party?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 44

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the presidential campaign and election of 1896?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 45

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Omaha platform?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 46

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: William Jennings Bryan?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 47

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: James B. Weaver?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 48

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Farmers' Alliances?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 49

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Cleveland-Morgan deal?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 50

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the subtreasury plan?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 51

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Daniel DeLeon?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 52

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Karl Marx?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 53

The political tactic known as "waving the bloody shirt" was actually the practice of

A) lauding the pioneer heritage.
B) appealing for labor solidarity.
C) exploiting Civil War animosities for political gain.
D) advocating a militant foreign policy.

Question 54

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the Gold Standard Act?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 55

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: Eugene V. Debs?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 56

Which of the following is true of political campaigns and elections during the Gilded Age?

A) Campaigns tended to be dull and unentertaining.
B) The electorate felt no loyalty to individual politicians.
C) An apathetic public saw political campaigns as a waste of time and money.
D) Interest in elections and voting was remarkably high.

Question 57

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: William McKinley?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 58

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: the depression of the 1890s?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 59

What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item: free coinage of silver?
Instructions:
-Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
-Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study.

Question 60

In the late nineteenth century, politics, and especially election campaigns,

A) were seldom covered by the nation's newspapers.
B) aroused very little public interest.
C) often served as a form of recreation.
D) seldom dealt with issues that voters deemed important.

Question 61

In the cliff-hanger presidential election of 1884, the phrase "rum, Romanism, and rebellion" may have been the key to the victory of

A) Chester A. Arthur.
B) James G. Blaine.
C) Grover Cleveland.
D) Benjamin Harrison.

Question 62

A high protective tariff was usually favored by

A) Democrats.
B) Populists.
C) Republicans.
D) Socialists.

Question 63

Which of the following is true of President Chester A. Arthur?

A) He stood against all attempts to lower tariff rates on manufactured goods.
B) He stood adamantly against federal regulation of the railroad industry.
C) He supported civil service reform by signing the Pendleton Civil Service Act.
D) He was successful in strengthening the United States Navy.

Question 64

Which of the following was a consequence of the United States tariff and tax system during the Gilded Age?

A) It caused a reduction in the wages of industrial workers.
B) It lowered prices on manufactured goods by increasing worldwide competition among producers.
C) It led to a surplus in the federal treasury.
D) It began to threaten the survival of a large number of American industries.

Question 65

Which of the following is true of the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

A) It covered all federal jobs.
B) It applied to incumbents as well as to new applicants.
C) It permitted future presidents to increase the number of jobs covered by the act.
D) It was signed by President James Garfield.

Question 66

Congress's decision to provide generous pensions to former Union soldiers and their widows is an example of

A) the benefits associated with revenues from new income-tax measures enacted in the 1880s and 1890s.
B) the government assuming responsibility to provide a safety net for the disadvantaged in society.
C) an interest group using emotions associated with the Civil War for the financial gain of its members.
D) an attempt by the southern Democrats who sponsored the legislation to heal the wounds of the Civil War.

Question 67

Which of the following was true of American farmers in the late nineteenth century?

A) They enjoyed a great deal of economic power because they were primarily creditors.
B) They believed that overproduction was the cause of their economic decline.
C) They were not affected by the amount of money in circulation because they had very few fixed costs.
D) They concluded that an inadequate amount of money in circulation made their debts more burdensome.

Question 68

Policies to expand the amount of money in circulation were generally favored by

A) creditors.
B) farmers.
C) industrialists.
D) wage earners in the Northeast.

Question 69

Which of the following is true of President Rutherford B. Hayes?

A) Although he had been a Union general during the Civil War, as President he emphasized national harmony over sectional rivalry.
B) He worked for the passage of welfare legislation to aid the nation's poor and unemployed.
C) He spoke passionately for the passage of legislation that would prevent southern blacks from being disenfranchised.
D) He called upon Congress to enact legislation that would grant full citizenship to American Indians.

Question 70

Which of the following is true of the Mugwumps?

A) They believed that the federal government had an obligation to provide food and shelter for the disadvantaged within society.
B) They believed that only righteous and educated men like themselves should govern.
C) They were old-time, realistic, party-machine people.
D) They were socialists in the Gilded Age.

Question 71

The basic economic motivation of those who supported the coinage of silver was to

A) ease the burden of debtors.
B) increase foreign trade.
C) encourage reduced production of agricultural products.
D) encourage increased production of agricultural products.

Question 72

Railroad lines compensated for unprofitably low rates on competitive routes by

A) using fewer crew members on such routes and cutting back on the services provided.
B) running very few trains on such routes.
C) demanding special payments from the government for such routes.
D) charging unusually high rates on noncompetitive routes.

Question 73

Which of the following was a consequence of the discovery of new silver mines in the West in the late nineteenth century?

A) The price of silver increased to a level equal to the price of gold.
B) The United States Treasury increased its production of silver coins, causing severe inflation.
C) The price of silver on the open market dropped, making it more profitable for silver producers to sell silver to the government at the old sixteen-to-one ratio.
D) Silver producers refused to sell silver to the government, which in turn stopped minting silver coins.

Question 74

Which of the following is true of late-nineteenth-century Supreme Court decisions concerning the Interstate Commerce Commission?

A) The Court upheld the constitutionality of the ICC, and its decisions significantly increased the commission's powers.
B) The Court upheld the constitutionality of the ICC, but its decisions weakened the commission's powers.
C) After chipping away at the powers of the ICC, the Court ultimately declared the commission unconstitutional.
D) After initially handing down decisions that increased the powers of the ICC, the Court completely reversed itself and declared the commission unconstitutional.

Question 75

Which of the following was a major faction of the Democratic party?

A) African Americans from all regions of the nation
B) Staunch opponents of the spoils system
C) High-tariff proponents from the business community
D) Working-class men of immigrant stock who supported urban political machines

Question 76

The two political parties in the Gilded Age

A) differed greatly in leadership and organization.
B) worked diligently to heal the sectional divisions left from the Civil War and Reconstruction.
C) catered to the interests of ethnic minorities rather than to the middle-class majority.
D) were both split from within by factional quarrels.

Question 77

Which of the following contributed to Grover Cleveland's narrow victory in the 1884 presidential election?

A) He promised to increase the pensions of Union army veterans.
B) A New York Protestant minister's attempt to slur the Democrats angered the state's Irish Catholics.
C) It was revealed during the campaign that major railroad companies had made massive contributions to the Republican campaign.
D) Republican candidate James G. Blaine was unable to campaign during the last two weeks of the campaign because of a bout of influenza.

Question 78

Which of the following is true of the Bland-Allison Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?

A) By putting more money into circulation, they laid to rest demands for inflating the currency.
B) They expanded the money supply so much and caused so much inflation that even farmers began to protest.
C) They did not pump enough new money into circulation to satisfy debtors and left the impression that the government favored creditors.
D) They ran contrary to the political trend of the day in that both were straightforward, uncompromising pieces of legislation.

Question 79

In Munn v. Illinois, the Supreme Court

A) upheld the principle of state regulation of railroad rates.
B) outlawed the practice of railroad regulation.
C) declared state regulation of railroads to be unconstitutional.
D) upheld ownership and management of the railroads by the federal government.

Question 80

Which of the following is true of politics in the Gilded Age?

A) Allegiances to national parties and their candidates were usually evenly divided.
B) The Republican party dominated Congress throughout the period.
C) Popular-vote landslides characterized the presidential elections of the period.
D) The party that controlled the presidency usually controlled Congress.