History Chapter 22 eBook Quiz – Flashcards

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As president, Cleveland did not a) try to add pensions for Confederate veterans. b) restore to the public domain exploited public lands in the West. c) work to reduce the tariff. d) create an agency to regulate railroads and other interstate commerce.
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a) try to add pensions for Confederate veterans.
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The Democratic party generally consisted of a) nativists, blacks, and Catholics. b) Catholics, reformers, and prohibitionists. c) moral reformers, Protestants, and political insiders. d) southern whites, immigrants, and political outsiders.
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d) southern whites, immigrants, and political outsiders.
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The Farmers' Alliance movement a) was a powerful national organization. b) stressed economic and political programs only. c) was succeeded by the Patrons of Husbandry. d) appealed to marginal farmers.
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d) appealed to marginal farmers.
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In Wabash Railroad v. Illinois, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a) railroads could not grant rebates to big shippers. b) the Interstate Commerce Commission could not regulate railroad rates. c) individual states could not regulate railroad rates. d) railroads could keep the subsidies granted for constructing the transcontinental railroad.
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c) individual states could not regulate railroad rates.
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"You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns," said a) Samuel Gompers. b) Mary Elizabeth Lease. c) William Jennings Bryan. d) Eugene V. Debs.
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c) William Jennings Bryan.
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The basic problem of farmers in the late nineteenth century was a) the high rates charged by the railroads. b) the overproduction of agricultural products. c) inflation. d) the high prices for manufactured goods caused by high tariffs.
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b) the overproduction of agricultural products.
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In the election of 1888, the central issue was a) civil service reform. b) pensions for Civil War veterans. c) the tariff. d) the free coinage of silver.
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c) the tariff.
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By the 1880s the federal government operated at a surplus because of the a) profits from the sale of western lands. b) revenues generated by the tariff. c) elimination of corruption and inefficiency. d) deflation of the currency due to the coinage of silver.
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b) revenues generated by the tariff.
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Issues important in local politics included a) prohibition. b) monetary policy. c) tariff on imports. d) civil service reform.
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a) prohibition.
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In the 1870s middle-sized farmers a) feared inflation. b) wanted lower commodity prices and low tariffs. c) advocated the free coinage of silver. d) All of the above
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c) advocated the free coinage of silver.
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The Sherman Silver Purchase Act a) ended the issuance of money backed by gold. b) solved the problem of deflation by greatly increasing the money in circulation. c) doubled the amount of silver the government purchased. d) finally satisfied the demands of the Populists.
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c) doubled the amount of silver the government purchased.
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Between 1866 and 1895, the only president assassinated was a) Grover Cleveland. b) Chester A. Arthur. c) Rutherford B. Hayes. d) James A. Garfield.
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d) James A. Garfield.
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The Stalwarts in the Republican party strongly supported a) Radical Reconstruction. b) civil service reform. c) cleaning up the scandals of the Grant administration. d) All of the above
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a) Radical Reconstruction.
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In 1896,William Jennings Bryan a) opposed repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. b) ran for president on the Republican ticket. c) carried the midwestern states from Ohio to Iowa. d) All of the above
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a) opposed repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.
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During the Gilded Age, a) people were uninterested in politics. b) Congress was evenly divided between the two major parties. c) voters had little loyalty to individual parties. d) Republicans dominated the national government.
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b) Congress was evenly divided between the two major parties.
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During the Gilded Age the same party never controlled the presidency and Congress. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The mongrel tariff of 1883 raised rates to uniformly high levels on all imports. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Democratic party appealed to southern white voters. a) True b) False
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a) True
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In the election of 1884, a politician used "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion" to describe the Democratic party. a) True b) False
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b) False
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In 1887 the first regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, was created. a) True b) False
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a) True
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Silver coinage in the late nineteenth century caused deflation. a) True b) False
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b) False
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Abolition of the tariff was, according to many of its critics, one way to attack large corporations. a) True b) False
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a) True
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The Pendleton Act allowed for the coinage of more silver. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Populist party was an outgrowth of the Patrons of Husbandry. a) True b) False
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b) False
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By the 1890s, the very high tariff generated a huge surplus for the federal treasury. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The high tariff hurt farmers by limiting their export markets. a) True b) False
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a) True
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Coxey's Army sought help for farmers suffering from deflation. a) True b) False
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b) False
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Party loyalty and voter turnout in the Gilded Age were primarily motivated by intense cultural conflicts among ethnic groups. a) True b) False
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a) True
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 outlawed corporate actions in "restraint of trade." a) True b) False
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a) True
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The first efforts to control corporations came at the federal level under President Cleveland. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Open Door policy described America's approach to Cuba after 1990 a) True b) False
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b) False
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By 1920, both Puerto Rico and the Philippines had gained complete independence from the United States. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Spanish-American War occurred during the presidency of a) Benjamin Harrison b) Theodore Roosevelt. c) William McKinley d) Grover Cleveland
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c) William McKinley
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Emilio Aguinaldo at first aided George Dewey against the Spanish in the Philippines. a) True b) False
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a) True
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The Boxer Rebellion took place in a) the Philippines b) China c) Cuba d) Algeria
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b) China
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Theodore Roosevelt received the Novel Peace Prize for his diplomacy with a) Panama and Cuba b) Russia and Morocco c) China d) Africa
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b) Russia and Morocco
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The Platt Amendment a) placed restrictions on the Cuban government b) gave self-government to the Philippines c) required United States control of the Panama Canal. d) exempted from the tariff all territories gained in the Spanish-American War
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a) placed restrictions on the Cuban government
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Alfred Thayer Mahan is best known for his writings about the a) dangers of annexing the Philippines b) importance of sea power c) irrelevance of an isthmian canal. d) sinking of the Maine
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b) importance of sea power
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The sensationalist approach of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer's newspapers came to be called "yellow journalism". a) True b) False
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a) True
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The Roosevelt Corollary applied the Monroe Doctrine to Hawaii. a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Treaty of Portsmouth resulted from American intervention in the a) Boxer Rebellion b) Russo-Japanese War c) Dominican Republic d) Panama Canal
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b) Russo-Japanese War
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In the 1880s, the Pacific was the major area of U.S. overseas activity. a) True b) False
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a) True
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John Fiske used Darwinian ideas to justify Anglo-Saxon dominance. a) True b) False
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a) True
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The "new imperialism" of the 1890s especially stressed a) access to new markets b) converting heartens to Christianity c) annexing territory to the United States d) military conquests of other nations
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a) access to new markets
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American missionaries regarded America's expansion as divinely ordained to convert the heathens and Catholics to Protestant Christianity. a) True b) False
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a) True
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In the Spanish-American War, more American soldiers died from disease than in combat a) True b) False
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a) True
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Jane Addams, William James, and Andrew Carnegie all a) signed a petition supporting the annexation of Cuba b) called for President McKinley's resignation c) advocated invading Spain after Cuba was defeated d) belonged to the Anti-imperialist league
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d) belonged to the Anti-Imperialist league
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A letter from Depuy de Lome played a significant role in creating tensions that led to the annexation of Hawaii. a) True b) False
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b) False
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In the 1890s, American tariff policies on sugar upset the economy of Hawaii a) True b) False
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a) True
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The Teller Amendment a) justified the sinking of the Maine b) declared that Puerto Rico and Hawaii were U.S. possessions. c) denied the intention to take Cuba d) laid claim to an isthmain canal route
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c) denied the intention to take Cuba
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Theodore Roosevelt became president as a result of the death of a) Grover Cleveland b) James A. Garfield c) Woodrow Wilson d) William McKinley
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d) William McKinley
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"Seward's folly" involved a) sending the U.S. navy around the world. b) Seward's campaign for president in 1884 c) entry into the Spanish-American War. d) the purchase of Alaska
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d) the purchase of Alaska
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Which chronology is correct? a) sinking of the Maine, de Lome letter, Teller Amendment, battles around Santiago b) de Lome Letter, sinking of the Maine, Teller Amendment, battles around Santiago c) de Lome letter, battles around Santiago, sinking of the Maine, Teller Amendment d) sinking of the Maine, de Lome letter, battles around Santiago, Teller Amendment.
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b) de Lome Letter, sinking of the Maine, Teller Amendment, battles around Santiago
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Theodore Roosevelt fought in Cuba as a commissioned officer in the regular U.S. Army a) True b) False
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b) False
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The United States built the Panama Canal on land that had previously belonged to Colombia. a) True b) False
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a) True
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Albert J. Beveridge, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Theodore Roosevelt agreed on a) low tariffs for agricultural products b) the benefits of obtaining overseas possessions. c) opposition to the Spanish-American War. d) then need for a small navy
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b) the benefits of obtaining overseas possessions
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Josiah Strong defended imperialism for economic reasons a) True b) False
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b) False
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The Maine probably blew up as a result of a) Cuban terrorists b) an accident c) Spanish sabotage d) a devastating hurricane
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b) an accident
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In the 1880s, an attempt to build a canal across Central America was made by the a) British b) Colombians c) French d) Germans
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c) French
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The Panama Canal opened in 1909 at the end of Theodore Roosevelt's administration. a) True b) False
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b) False
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