APUSH CH 23 True False
The disputed Hayes-Tilden election was settled by a political deal in which Democrats got the presidency and Republicans got economic and political concessions
False. the Republicans got the presidency and the Democrats other political and economic concessions
The Liberal Republican movement's political skilled enabled it to clean up the corruption of the Grant administration
False. the political mistakes of the Liberal Republicans caused them to fail.
The Compromise of 1877 purchased political peace between North and South by sacrificing southern blacks and removing federal troops in the South
True
The battles between the "Stalwart" and "Half-Breed" Republican factions were mainly over who would get patronage and spoils
True
The scandals of the Grant administration included bribes and corrupt dealings reaching to the cabinet and the vice president of the United States
True
The severe economic downturn of the 1870s caused business failures, labor conflict and battles over currency
True
Western hostility to Chinese immigrants arose in part because the Chinese provided a source of c heap labor that competed with white workers
True
The close, fiercely contested elections of the Gilded Age reflected the deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats over national issues
False. The parties agreed on national issues; their disagreements were at the local level
The Republican party in the post Civil War era relied heavily on teh political support of veteran's groups, to which it gave substantial pension benefits in return
true
The sharecropping and tenant farming systems forced many Southern blacks into permanent economic debt and dependency
true
the Populist party's attempt to form a coalition of farmers and workers failed partly because of the racial division between poor whites and blacks in the South
true
Cleveland effectively addressed the depression of the 1890s by compromising with pro silver money advocates
False. Cleveland remained attached to the gold standard and failed to address the depression
Ulysses Grant's status as a military hero enabled him to become a successful president who stood above partisan politics
False. Grant's lack of political experience hurt, and he did engage in Republican politics
By reducing politicians' use of patronage, the new civil-service system inadvertently made them more dependent on big campaign contributors
True
The Cleveland-Blaine campaign of 1884 was conducted primarily as a debate about the issues of taxes and the tariff
false. the campaign was based on personal mudslinging rather than issues
