Chapter 19 SmartBook

What did President Cleveland do in response to the Panic of 1893?

-He worked with J.P. Morgan to sell Treasury bonds overseas. -He persuaded Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

Which of the following was true of the National Woman Suffrage Association?

-It lobbied for additional rights for women, such as the right to own property. -It pressed for a federal constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. -It was founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

What were outcomes of the wave of lynchings in the American South in the late nineteenth century?

-Many Black Southerners left the region because they felt that full freedom was not possible there. -The lynchings strengthened the culture of segregation and white supremacy in the South.

What was the relationship between saloons and political machines in the late 1800s?

-Saloons were key places where people forged political networks. -Many saloonkeepers served in city government.

Which of the following were among the consequences of the violent Haymarket Affair?

-The Knights of Labor disbanded. -Anti-immigrant sentiments rose as many native-born Americans associated immigrants with radicalism.

How did the railroad companies attempt to end the Pullman strike?

-They attached mail cars to the Pullman trains to accuse the strikers of disrupting the U.S. postal system. -They brought in strikebreakers.

In what ways did Farmers' Alliances aid rural farmers?

-They connected farms to telegraph and railroad networks. -They provided education about technology and access to credit.

Which of the following was true of most daily newspapers in the Gilded Age?

-They featured sensationalist coverage of events. -They were openly aligned with a political party.

Which of the following was true of most urban political machines of the late nineteenth century?

-They were run by Irish Americans and Irish immigrants. -They were Democratic.

Which of the following was true of the political clubs that orchestrated election festivities in the Gilded Age?

-They were typically named after the party's candidate. -They were generally organized by social or ethnic group or by factory or business.

What changes in the late 1800s allowed more middle-class women to take on a greater role in social reform movements?

-Women began having fewer children, on average. -Labor-saving technologies reduced the time women spent on household chores.

In the 1880s, the Knights of Labor spearheaded campaigns for ______.

-an eight-hour workday. -an end to child and convict labor.

What aspects of the People's Party platform were intended to appeal to urban Northerners?

-an eight-hour workday. -further restrictions on immigration.

The Knights of Labor barred which of the following from membership because they did not consider them "producers"?

-bankers. -liquor store owners.

During the Gilded Age, Republicans believed that the tariff on imported goods ______.

-enriched the federal treasury. -helped maintain high employment levels in industry.

In the early 1870s, who would have been most likely to favor greenbacks as currency?

-farmers who had borrowed to purchase land. -homeowners with mortgages.

In the Gilded Age, businesses often employed lobbyists who were ______.

-former congressmen. -female.

During the Gilded Age, Democrats believed that the tariff on imported goods ______.

-led to wealth inequality. -was bad for consumers.

During the Gilded Age, political party members carefully orchestrated election festivities through which two kinds of clubs?

-marching clubs. -political clubs.

Coxey's Army succeeded in which of the following?

-popularizing the idea that the government should provide aid to the unemployed. -publicizing the plight of the unemployed.

In what ways did Black Southern communities facilitate political mobilization following the defeat of Reconstruction?

-reading newspapers or attending newspaper readings. -publishing handbills, circulars, and pamphlets for mass distribution.

In 1884, a nationwide Anti-Monopoly Party was founded in Chicago that advocated for which of the following?

-the breakup of trusts. -higher taxes for the wealthy. -the direct election of senators.

Who were the Exodusters?

Black Southerners who relocated to Kansas following the end of Reconstruction.

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Jim Crow laws were constitutional provided that ______.

Black people's amenities were of equal quality to those of whites.

Northeastern bankers and President Cleveland blamed the _____ for the Panic of 1893.

Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

In what way did the American Woman Suffrage Association differ from the National Woman Suffrage Association?

The American Woman Suffrage Association lobbied chiefly for the women's vote at the state level.

During the election of 1896, _____ was the candidate for both the Democratic and Populist parties.

William Jennings Bryan.

What was the Great Upheaval of 1886?

a mass strike by workers across the country in response to job losses and pay cuts.

America's first federal welfare system was ______.

a pension program for Civil War veterans.

Where did the funding for the Civil War veterans' pension system come from?

a tariff on imported goods.

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that ______.

cities and states had a legal right to segregate public amenities.

During the settlement movement of the late 1800s, ______.

college-educated women settled in working-class immigrant districts to learn about the communities and help improve them.

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 laid the groundwork for federal regulations that would ensure ______.

fair prices and conditions for all customers.

During the election of 1896, the Populist Party made ____ their central issue in the hope of attracting Democrats unhappy with President Cleveland.

free silver.

In the 1880s, ______, the partisan redrawing of district lines, became a hotly debated issue.

gerrymandering.

In the late 1800s, the single largest organization for women's political involvement focused on ______.

limiting or ending the consumption of alcohol.

In the 1870s, legislators regularly voted on registration only after meeting with ______.

lobbyists.

Between 1865 and 1950, racist white mobs murdered thousands of Black people, a practice known as ______.

lynching.

Jim Crow laws ______.

mandated racial segregation in public places, schools, and on mass transit.

In the South, ____ lawmakers passed Jim Crow laws to impose racial segregation.

Democratic.

President Jackson's practice of filling federal jobs based on the candidate's party loyalty was known as ______.

the spoils system.

Gerrymandering became a hotly debated issue in the late 1880s, when citizens in many _____ states became frustrated with constantly changing political maps.

Northern.

In 1890, the Farmers' Alliances coalesced their demands into a single program for reform, known as the ______.

Ocala Demands.

By 1892, farmers' alliance members showed their frustration with the Republican and Democratic parties by establishing the _____ Party.

People's.

What was Coxey's Army?

unemployed people who marched on Washington, D.C., to demand government relief.

In the 1880s, Joseph Pulitzer's _____ World became the first to systematically cover national politics, with an emphasis on scandals and corruption.

New York.

City _____ were the most important sites of working-class male recreation in the last third of the nineteenth century.

saloons.

As a result of the Civil Service Act of 1883, nearly _____ percent of federal employees had been appointed through the civil service system by 1900.

40.

President _____ played an instrumental role in enacting the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

Grover Cleveland.

Who founded Hull House in Chicago as part of the settlement movement?

Jane Addams.

Midwestern farmers formed the Greenback Party after Congress ______.

ordered that the currency would move to a single gold standard in 1879.

In the late nineteenth century, what were political machines?

political organizations that dispensed aid to the urban poor in exchange for votes.

In the early 1880s, struggling farmers joined the anti-monopoly movement out of anger at the prices charged by _____ owners.

railroad.

Workers in the _____ industry led the Pullman Strike of 1894.

railroad.

The Civil Service Act of 1883 ______.

required that candidates for civil service offices score well on competitive entrance exams.