Question 1

An examination of American voters in the late nineteenth century reveals

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voter turnout for both presidential and non-presidential elections was very high.

Question 2

Throughout the late nineteenth century, the federal government

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was relatively inactive.

Question 3

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 he North received federal pensions.

Question 4

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

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between traditionalists and reformers.

Question 5

Chester A. Arthur

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supported the Pendleton Act as a part of civil service reform.

Question 6

The election of 1888

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involved clear economic differences between the major parties

Question 7

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

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was used by the federal government against labor unions.

Question 8

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

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support for high tarriffs

Question 9

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

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put in place a series of regulations for railroad companies

Question 10

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 11

The Farmers\' Alliance

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were far more widespread than the Grange movement

Question 12

The election of 1892

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saw the debut of the People\'s Party

Question 13

The Panic of 1893

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

Question 14

In 1894, Jacob Coxey and his supporters

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called for a public works program for the unemployed.

Question 15

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 16

The congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage

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became known as the \"Crime of \'73\"

Question 17

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

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purchase silver but not coin it

Question 18

The \"Cross of Gold\" Speech was given in 1896 by

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William Jennings Bryan

Question 19

The \"Cross of Gold\" speech appealed primarily to

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farmers

Question 20

In 1896, the major economic issue for William McKinley\'s administration was

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the need for higher tariff rates

Question 21

American agriculture at the turn of the century benefited from

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foreign crop failtures

Question 22

Arguments used by Social Darwinists in the United States to justify expansionism

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contended that all nations were engaged in a constant struggle to survive

Question 23

The author who called on the United States to increase its naval forces in his book \"The Influence of Sea Power upon History\", was

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Alfred T. Mahan

Question 24

Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii

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had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters trying to take over the island

Question 25

The leader of Hawaii who was forced to yield authority to the American government upon annexation was

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Queen Liliuokalani

Question 26

The Spanish-American War began primarily because of events in

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Cuba

Question 27

The letter stolen in 1898 from Dupuy de Lome, Spain\'s minister to Washington, was described as controversial because it

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described William McKinley as a weak president

Question 28

The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American War as \"a splendid little war\" was

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John Hay

Question 29

Which of the following statements regarding the Spanish-American War is FALSE?

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US Army soldiers were well-equipped and supplied.

Question 30

In the early stage of the Spanish-American War, Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in

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Manila Bay

Question 31

Theodore Roosevelt\'s famous charge in the battle of San Juan Hill, in the Spanish American War,

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all these answers are correct.

Question 32

The Foraker Act 1900

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established an American colonial government over Puerto Rico.

Question 33

The Treaty of Paris concluding the Spanish American War

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transferred the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States

Question 34

Criticisms within the United States of American colonialism included all the following EXCEPT that

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the financial costs of administrating colonies would require burdensome taxes.

Question 35

In 1899, supporters of the annexation of the Philippines argued the United States had set a precedent for taking land while treating its inhabitants as dependents was the case of the

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federal government\'s treatment of American Indians

Question 36

In the early 1900s, which American dependency did NOT receive territorial status?

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Cuba

Question 37

According to the terms of the 1901 Platt Amendment,

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the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba to protect life and prosperity.

Question 38

The first civilian governor of the Philippines, who gave Filipinos broad local autonomy, was

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William Howard Taft

Question 39

The \"Open Door notes\"

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were directed to imperial powers in Europe and Asia

Question 40

The Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 was directed at

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all foreigners in China

Question 41

The Spanish American War revealed to American military planners

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the need to improve glaring deficiencies in the army.

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