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Reconstruction ended on an incomplete note thanks to A) the Panic of 1873 B) the Compromise of 1877 C) the Amnesty Act of 1872 D) the Election of 1872

B

The conditions described in the excerpt most directly contributed to the A) decrease in tariffs for manufactured goods. B) growth of an organized labor movement. C) expansion of government regulations of industry. D) loss of class distinctions in the United States,

B

The image was created most directly in response to A) poll taxes and literacy tests that blocked African Americans from voting B) the power gained by urban political machines C) the exclusion of women from voting D) social reform efforts by settlement-house workers

B

The immediate cause of the Panic of 1873 was A) the failure of the National Bank B) the collapse of jay Cooke and Company C) the over-expansive tendencies of big business after the war D) economic downturns in Europe

B

The scandal in which millions of dollars were being skimmed off government subsidies to the Union Pacific Railroad during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant is known as the A) Sanborn Contract Fraud B) Credit Mobilier scandal C) Black Friday scandal D) Teapot Dome scandal

B

All of the following were true of the Election of 1884 except: A) Reformers who bolted to the Democrats were sneeringly dubbed Mugwumps by their enemies. B) Cleveland chose to "lie like a gentleman" about his illegitimate son. C) Reform-minded Republicans opposed the nomination of James G. Blaine D) Victory-starved Democrats turned enthusiastically to a noted reformer, Grover Cleveland E) Blaine's enemies publicized the fishy-smelling Mulligan letters, written by Blaine to a Boston businessman and linking the powerful politician to a corrupt deal involving federal favors to a southern railroad.

B)

Which was a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? A) Children born to Chinese immigrants in the United States were forced to return to China. B) All people born to immigrants in the United States were prohibited from leaving the country. C) Chinese immigration was prohibited in the United States until 1943. D) The doctrine of "birthright citizenship" was deemed unconstitutional. E) Chinese immigrants were prohibited from leaving the United States until 1943.

C

Ulysses S. Grant's main flaw as president was A) his refusal to take a tough stand on Reconstruction issues B) his lack of grasp on the Congress C) his unquestioned loyalty to supporters D) his lack of integrity

D

Which of the following is one important continuity in urban life in the United States throughout the nineteenth century? A) Anarchism and similar radical ideologies attracted many workers. B) Settlemeht houses assisted immigrants with adapting to life in the United States. C) Workers and employers consistently maintained amicable relationships. D) Immigrants formed and important part of the manufacturing workforce.

D

Which of the following most directly affected the lives of the late-nineteenth-century workers? A) Alternative visions of a good society offered through utopianism B) Groups that advocated for women's voting rights C) Widespread movement to suburban neighborhoods D) Political machines that provided social services in exchange for votes

D

All of the following were scandals that rocked the Grant administration EXCEPT A) Teapot Dome B) Whiskey Ring C) Salary Grab Ấct D) Credit Mobilier

A

Blaine lost the election of 1884 for all of the following reasons except: A) Cleveland had been involved in an amorous affair with a Buffalo widow, who had an illegitimate son, for whom Cleveland had made financial provision. B) Cleveland's paper-thin plurality of about a thousand votes in New York State were enough to give him the presidency. C) Blaine's "Mulligan letters," one of which ended with the furtive warning, "Burn this letter." D) A witless Republican clergyman from New York damned the Democrats in a speech as the party of "Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion." E) Blaine lost the crucial support of a number of Irish voters.

A

City bosses and urban political machines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries did which of the following? A) They provided some welfare for poor immigrants in exchange for political support. B) They enabled the urban middle class to participate more effectively in politics. C) They encouraged racial integration of residential neighborhoods. D) They promoted prohibition and the abolition of prostitution. E) They discouraged railroad and highway construction to prevent people from moving out of urban areas.

A

During the late nineteenth century, politicians such as the one depicted in the image most likely would have opposed which of the following? A) Calls for reforms to local and state governments B) The expansion of the transcontinental railroad system C) Social services provided to immigrants by local politicians

A

The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following A) Upheld segregated railroad facilities. B) Declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional. C) Upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections. D) Outlawed segregation in public schools. m E) Restricted the right to purchase of sell land

A

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in all of the following except: A) More rights for blacks in the South B) The resolution of the 1876 election C) The return to Democratic-dominated electoral politics in the South D) President Hayes agreed to withdraw federal troops from former Confederate states. E) The official end of Reconstruction

A

The Liberal Republicans, in the 1872 election, ran on a platform including A) opposing corruption B) soft money C) government regulation in economic issues D) a tougher Reconstruction on the South

A

Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890? A) It had little immediate impact on the regulation of large corporations. B)It quickly limited the number of mergers taking place. C) It led to federal control of the railroads. D) It forced businesses to adopt pooling agreements. E) It ended effective cooperation between business and the federal government.

A

Between 1865 and 1900, the Southern economy relied most heavily on A) sweet potatoes B) cotton C) tobacco D) wheat

B

"Waving the bloody shirt" was A) a Confederate tactic to incite supporters to join the army B) a Union army tactic to garner support and raise morale C) a Republican tactic to equate Democrats with the Confederacy D) a Ku Klux Klan tactic to scare black voters

C

According to this 1870 cartoon, which statement about the time period is accurate? A) Chinese laborers were welcomed to the United States with open arms. B) Chinese immigrants were poor workers and were not of use in labor. C) A movement existed in the United States to prevent Chinese immigration. D) The Chinese wafe pushed out of immigration after the Sino-Japanese War.

C

At the time this cartoon was published, the majority of immigrants to the United States were coming from? A) Britain and Scotland B) Ireland and Italy C) Poland and Russia D) Germany and China

C

Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their condition EXCEPT A) organize cooperative marketing societies B) form a third political party C) limit production of crops D) seek state regulation of railways

C

During the Gilded Age, which of the following groups generally voted Republican? A) Unskilled wage earners B) Southern Protestant farmers C) Black northerners D) Confederate war veterans E) Roman Catholic immigrants

C

The "Black Friday" scandal involved A) an increase in Congressional salaries B) an attempt to steal money from government subsidies C) an attempt to corner the gold market D) a sharp fall in the stock market

C

What was one consequence of the Compromise of 1877? A) Reconstruction would end in 1880. B) Samuel Tilden was elected president. C) Republican commitment to African-American equality came to an end. D) While the Stalwarts controlled the presidency, the Half-Breeds controlled the vice presidency.

C

What was the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson? A) "Separate but equal" facilities were deemed unconstitutional. B) Blacks were given the same legal rights as whites. C) Segregation laws were upheld as constitutional. D) The Jim Crow system was declared illegal. E) Segregation laws were seen in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

C

The assassination of President James Garfield by a disappointed office seeker did which of the following? A) Meant that Chester Arthur continued his record of cronyism and his fondness for fine wines and elegant clothing B) Prompted the creation of the Secret Service C) Led politicians to turn to the bulging coffers of the big corporations D) Meant that the Conklingites would all get good jobs E) Created the impetus to establish the first civil service system for federal employees

E

Which of the following groups would most likely agree with the quote above? A) Urban workers B) White-collar and professional workers C) Railroad executives D) New York City financiers E) Midwestern farmers

E

True or False: Democrats and Republicans were at opposite ends of the room on questions of the tariff and civil-service reform during the postwar period.

false