Deck 4: The Politics of Reform, 1877-1917

Question 1

Booker T. Washington championed the concept of the talented tenth.​

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Of the third parties that emerged in the late nineteenth century, the most successful one was the Populist Party.​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During the late nineteenth century, government and business were inextricably linked as government at all level aided business with legislation that supported their interests and the suppression of labor unrest.​

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In the late nineteenth century, Democrats

A)favored a laissez-faire agenda.
B)advocated for low tariffs.
C)supported states' rights.
D)opposed any governmental aid to corporations.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 5

Woodrow Wilson was the first Southerner to run for and win the presidency since before the Civil War.​

Question 6

Following Reconstruction​,

A)the Democrats overwhelmingly dominated the government.
B)both major parties were evenly balanced at the national level leading to general stagnation.
C)the Republicans overwhelmingly dominated the government.
D)many members of Congress belonged to third parties.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 7

In the late nineteenth century, Republicans​

A)did not support tariffs.
B)continued to promote the industrial and commercial development of the nation.
C)supported governmental funding of churches.
D)opposed the temperance movement.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 8

Following the Civil War, voter turnout was relatively low for elections, ​as the end of the Civil War had left no issues that voters felt passionate about.

Question 9

During the 1890s,  ​

A)a wealthy class intent on preserving its own power dominated government at all levels.
B)AfricanAmericans were elected to governmental positions at an unprecedented rate.
C)wealthy reformers took over government and legislated on behalf of the working class.
D)many women got elected to political office.
E)private citizens were able to curtail the alliance between government and big business.

Question 10

Political machines​

A)mainly served native-born Protestants.
B)supervised political officials to make sure there was no corruption.
C)were mainly a rural phenomenon.
D)reached out to immigrants in exchange for party loyalty.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 11

The Solid South

A)did not include Washington D.C.
B)did not include all of the southern states.
C)consistently supported Republican candidates.
D)included some northern states.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 12

Progressives ​

A)were suspicious of popular politics.
B)wanted government by public-spirited experts.
C)pressed for reforms to protect vulnerable groups.
D)had an approach championed by Theodore Roosevelt.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 13

The new constituency in U.S. politics represented by Theodore Roosevelt ​

A)was made up of college-educated middle-class professionals.
B)called for government by impartial experts rather than bosses or capitalists.
C)were often trained in the new social sciences.
D)called for a larger government role in controlling industry.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 14

During the late nineteenth century, third parties emerged as the major parties did not address issues of major concern to farmers, laborers, evangelical reformers, and ​middle class professionals.

Question 15

The Commerce Clause gives Congress the power to regulate trade with foreign nations and Native Americans, but not inter-state trade.​

Question 16

In the South, following Reconstruction, ​

A)the Fifteenth Amendment was strictly upheld.
B)blacks were able to mobilize politically.
C)women were given the right to vote.
D)whites gradually stripped from blacks their right to vote through measures such as poll taxes and literacy requirements.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 17

The Panic of 1893 was the United States' most severe economic downturn until the Great Depression of 1929.​

Question 18

While Booker T. Washington believed in equality for all, he discouraged blacks from campaigning for it directly.​

Question 19

During the early years of the twentieth century, progressive reformers encouraged lessening immigrant quotas and supported pro-immigration legislation.​

Question 20

Under the spoils system​

A)collaboration between parties was encouraged.
B)governmental jobs were granted on the basis of merit.
C)governmental workers remained during several presidential administrations.
D)government jobs were given as rewards to party loyalists.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 21

The United Labor Party was supported by​

A)the Farmers' Alliance.
B)the liberal wing of the WCTU.
C)socialists.
D)single-tax advocates.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 22

The W omen's Crusade was formed to protest​

A)women's inability to vote.
B)the sale of liquor.
C)discrimination against immigrants.
D)discrimination against African-Americans.
E)unfair labor conditions.

Question 23

In the late nineteenth century, farmers​

A)protested the railroads' practice of pooling.
B)protested the railroads' practice of giving rebates to companies that shipped their goods exclusively through one railroad.
C)protested the lower rates that larger companies got from railroads for hauling goods long distances.
D)ultimately reached out to the national government to regulate the unfair treatment they received from railroad and train monopolies.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 24

Which of the following was not a group that supported the Populist Party?​

A)the Farmers Alliance
B)the Grange
C)remnants of the Union Labor Party
D)manufacturers
E)None of these are correct.

Question 25

Which of the following was not part of the Populist Party platform?​

A)free silver
B)unrestricted immigration
C)eight-hour workday for government work
D)support for the Knights of Labor
E)All of these are correct.

Question 26

The Cleveland administration responded to the Panic of 1893 by ​

A)expanding the Silver Purchase Act.
B)expanded the money supply.
C)enacting pro-business policies.
D)funding public works projects.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 27

President William McKinley was assassinated in ___________________ .​

A)1898.
B)1899.
C)1900.
D)1901.
E)1902.

Question 28

Which of the following is true about William McKinley's first term as president?​

A)The economic depression worsened.
B)Agrarian discontent increased.
C)Farm prices declined.
D)The war against Spain contributed to a sense of national unity.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 29

The Tariff of 1890​

A)imposed high tariffs on imported goods.
B)won support from farmers and businesses fearing high tariffs.
C)required importers to send spare gold to the treasury.
D)created a cash shortage.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 30

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act​

A)required the federal government to purchase silver from western mines.
B)required the federal government to issue bonds payable in gold or silver coin.
C)took the U.S. currency off the gold standard.
D)was a means by which Republicans hoped to win support from western silver producers.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 31

The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry advocated for ​

A)women.
B)farmers.
C)blacks.
D)Native Americans.
E)immigrants.

Question 32

The Social Gospel had its origins in the​

A)temperance movement.
B)labor movement.
C)abolitionist movement.
D)women's rights movement.
E)Granger movement.

Question 33

Most industry and infrastructure in the West and Midwest during the late nineteenth century was owned by ​

A)non-resident investors, many of them foreign.
B)the national government.
C)the state government.
D)municipal governments.
E)local investors.

Question 34

The elections of 1896 and 1900 showed that no party could win a national election with the support of ___________________  alone.​

A)farmers
B)urban workers
C)manufacturers
D)immigrants
E)middle-class professionals

Question 35

The fusion candidacy refers to ___________________ run for the presidency.​

A)Grover Cleveland's
B)Benjamin Harrison's
C)Eugene Debs'
D)William Jennings Bryan's
E)William McKinley's

Question 36

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was formed in ​

A)1866.
B)1870.
C)1873.
D)1877.
E)1886.

Question 37

The concept of a single-tax based taxation on ​

A)a worker's wages.
B)the amount of time a worker had been employed.
C)whether a worker was male or female.
D)land that was equal to its unimproved value.
E)the state in which the worker lived.

Question 38

Wabash v. Illinois placed ___________________  percent of railroad traffic beyond state control. ​

A)10
B)20
C)50
D)75
E)85

Question 39

Many middle-class advocates of civil service reform ​

A)supported universal suffrage for all men and women.
B)supported suffrage for blacks but not immigrants.
C)supported suffrage for immigrants but not blacks.
D)supported suffrage neither for blacks nor immigrants.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 40

In order to prevent the national government from defaulting on bonds, President Grover Cleveland enlisted the help of ___________________  to convince bankers to lend money to the federal government in exchange for bonds with a 4 percent ​interest rate.

A)John D. Rockefeller
B)J.P. Morgan
C)Andrew Carnegie
D)Jay Gould
E)Cornelius Vanderbilt

Question 41

Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom ​

A)called for the breakup of corporate monopolies.
B)united the Democratic Party.
C)called for creating a publicly accountable banking system.
D)called for regulating railroads for the benefit of farmers and small shippers.
E)All of these are correct.

Question 42

The Niagara Movement led to

A)the settlement house movement.
B)Booker T. Washington's accommodationist approach.
C)the establishment of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
D)the Pure Food and Drug Act.​
E)None of these are correct.

Question 43

The National Association of Manufacturers was formed by  ​

A)large corporations.
B)urban laborers.
C)immigrant businessmen.
D)small-and-medium-sized companies.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 44

The theories of Francis Galton led to the ___________________  movement.​

A)settlement house
B)civil rights
C)eugenics
D)women's rights
E)immigrants' rights

Question 45

The two issues that dominated the 1916 election were labor and ​

A)immigration reform.
B)women's rights.
C)World War I.
D)political corruption.
E)African American civil rights.

Question 46

The National Forest Transfer Act gave the National Forest Service ​supervision over ___________________  million of federal forest land.

A)10
B)50
C)100
D)150
E)200

Question 47

The concept of the rule of reason allowed ​

A)for employers to ask employees to work long hours.
B)for employers to hire children in some industries.
C)for certain corporations to establish monopolies if it benefited the consumer.
D)for employers to limit the number of immigrants they hire.
E)for railroads to give large corporations discounted rates.

Question 48

Following McKinley's assassination, anti-radical sentiment swept the nation because Czolgosz was linked to

A)socialists.
B)communists.
C)anarchists.
D)fascists.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 49

The Immigration Restriction League was formed in ​

A)1864.
B)1874.
C)1884.
D)1894.
E)1904.

Question 50

All states had adopted the secret ballot by ​

A)1870.
B)1877.
C)1885.
D)1891.
E)1899.

Question 51

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act made it illegal to

A)hire children under the age of 14.
B)pay children less than other employees.
C)transport goods made with child labor across state lines.
D)have children work longer than eight hours a day.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 52

Muckraking is

A)political corruption.
B)financial control of an industry.
C)expository journalism.
D)collaboration among big businessmen,
E)None of these are correct.

Question 53

Muller v. Oregon  regulated the work hours of

A)women.
B)blacks.
C)children.
D)immigrants.
E)men.

Question 54

The New Freedom refers to ___________________  program for reform.

A)Theodore Roosevelt's
B)Woodrow Wilson's
C)William Howard Taft's
D)William McKinley's
E)None of these are correct.

Question 55

The ___________________  gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the right to set maximum railroad rates on interstate routes.​

A)Sherman Antitrust Act
B)Hepburn Act
C)Elkins Act
D)Underwood Tariff Act
E)Clayton Antitrust Act

Question 56

The Sixteenth Amendment legalized

A)voting rights for women.
B)a federal income tax.
C)immigration quotas if they served the national interest.
D)governmental investigation of business practices.
E)None of these are correct.

Question 57

After the publication of The Jungle , the ___________________ was passed.​

A)Sherman Anti-trust Act
B)Pure Food and Drug Act​
C)Federal Reserve Act
D)Forest Transfer Act
E)federal Reserve Act

Question 58

The White Slavery Act made it illegal for ___________________ to be carried across state lines "for any immoral purpose." ​

A)men
B)women
C)immigrants
D)African-Americans
E)None of these are correct.

Question 59

The political coalition that wedged itself between socialists on the left and the barons of industry on the right were known as ___________________  in the United States.

A)New Liberals
B)radicals
C)social liberals
D)Progressives
E)syndicalists

Question 60

The Dillingham Commission studied countries colonized by​

A)Russia.
B)Great Britain.
C)Spain.
D)Portugal.
E)France.

Question 61

Term for identification: Theodore Roosevelt​

Question 62

Term for identification:  Solid South ​

Question 63

Term for identification:  The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry ​

Question 64

Term for identification:  pooling​

Question 65

Term for identification:  spoils system ​

Question 66

Term for identification:  Evangelical Christians​

Question 67

Term for identification:  political machines​

Question 68

Term for identification:  cooperatives​

Question 69

Term for identification:  Thomas Nast​

Question 70

Term for identification:  William "Boss" Tweed​

Question 71

Term for identification:  stalwart​

Question 72

Term for identification:  standing decisions​

Question 73

Term for identification:  gold standard​

Question 74

Term for identification:  Farmers Alliance​

Question 75

Term for identification:  Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act​

Question 76

Term for identification:  third-party​

Question 77

Term for identification:  Progressivism

Question 78

Term for identification:  Commerce Clause​

Question 79

Term for identification:  Tammany Hall​

Question 80

Term for identification:  rebates​