Pregunta 1
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What were the issues supported by the Democratic Party in the Gilded Age?
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lowering tariffs, transcontinental railroad
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civil rights, encouraged economic growth
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policies for the nation as a whole, governments an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
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states' rights, decentralization, limited government, local and small government
Pregunta 2
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What were the issues supported by the Republican Party in the Gilded Age?
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states' rights, decentralization, limited, small, and local government
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policies for the nation as a whole, civil rights, encouraged economic growth
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lowered tariffs, transcontinental railroad
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government's an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
Pregunta 3
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The Wabash Case of 1886 (Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois) gave states the rights to regulate railroads.
Pregunta 4
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Rutherford B. Hayes' accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1876-1880)
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ending military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite his veto,
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Union army hero, longtime member of Congress, foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
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reversed Latin America foreign policy, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
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1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
Pregunta 5
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James A. Garfield's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1880-1881)
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ended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
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1st Democratic president since 1861, continued naval construction, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
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reversed foreign policies in Latin America, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
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Union army hero and longtime member of Congress, adopted foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
Pregunta 6
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Chester A. Arthur's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1881-1884)
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reversed Latin America foreign policy, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
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Union army hero and longtime member of Congress, began construction of modern American navy, adopted foreign policies in Latin America
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ended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
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1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, cattle, and lumber companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
Pregunta 7
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Grover Cleveland's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1884-1888)
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ended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison SIlver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
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reversed foreign policies in Latin America, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
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1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land
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Union army hero and longtime member of Congress, adopted foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
Pregunta 8
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What were some of the laws passed by the Republican controlled Congress in 1890?
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McKinley Tariff Act- raised tariffs by 4%
Dependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children
Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses
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Dependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children
Pendleton Act- reform civil services
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Interstate Commerce Commision- investigate and oversee railroad activities
Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses
Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage
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Sherman Silver Purchase Act- buy silver monthly, issue treasury notes as payment
Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage
Federal Elections Bill- protect Black voting rights
Pregunta 9
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Major complaints of the Populist Party included droughts, mortgages, rising crop prices, rising railroad prices for shipment, and the crop lien system, otherwise known as the "anaconda system".
Pregunta 10
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The Ocala Platform of the Populist Party believed in.....
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creation of "sub-treasury system" which would allow farmers to store crops in government warehouses and in return, the government could claim treasury notes for up to 80% of local value of the crops
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free coinage of silver, federal income tax
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end to protective tariffs and national banks, direct election of senators by the voters
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tighter regulation of railroad companies
Pregunta 11
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What role did the Populist Party play in the 1892 elections?
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adopted half of the Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than 2 million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
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adopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
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ignored Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive almost a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
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adopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million electoral votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
Pregunta 12
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What were some of the difficulties faced by the second Cleveland administration?
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15,000+ plus closed businesses, 600+ closed banks
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economy expanded too fast and resulted in economic crisis, companies overbuilt, farms and businesses borrowed heavily
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Panic of 1893, stock market crash, "Industrial Black Friday" on May 5, 1893
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Coxey's Army, Pullman Strike, unemployment, miner problems
Pregunta 13
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What was Grover Cleveland's response to the Depression on 1893?
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repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
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passed the Sherman SIlver Purchase Act, bought 4 bonds
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Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, sold 2 bonds, bought 2 bonds
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repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Pendleton Act
Pregunta 14
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How did women and children enter the workforce following the Depression of 1893?
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laundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators, clerks, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
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military, factories, businesses, telegraph and telephone operators
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nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
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military, factories, businesses, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, laundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators
Pregunta 15
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Why did women and children enter the work force following the Depression of 1893?
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husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet, more families were working to earn money for luxuries
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husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
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depression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
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depression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers wanted their wives and children to work
Pregunta 16
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American literature in the 1870's began to lean more towards realism, naturalism, while still reflecting moods of romanticism-sentimental and unrealistic. Later on, American literature rejected escapism and_________ for realism to portray life as it really was.
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naturalism
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industrialism
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pragmatism
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romanticism
Pregunta 17
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Horatio Alger was a famous author who wrote....
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"Ben Hur"
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lessons/books on business and life
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books about life in the South
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guides to relationships between people
Pregunta 18
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Famous authors who wrote realism literature include.....
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Anna Sewell, Horatio Alger
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Louisa May Alcott
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
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Mark Twain, William Dean Howells
Pregunta 19
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Which best describes the Republicans campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
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let people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
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promote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
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graduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
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came to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
Pregunta 20
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Which best describes the Democratic campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
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came to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
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let people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
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graduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
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promote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
Pregunta 21
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Which best describes the Populist campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
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promote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
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let people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
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came to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
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graduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
Pregunta 22
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During the McKinley administration, the economy fell, stock market fell, factory production decreases, farmers suffered and the Dingley Tariff was passed, which raised tariffs to a record level
Pregunta 23
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What was the result of the elections of 1900?
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McKinley-President
Bryan-Vice
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Bryan-President
Theodore Roosevelt-Vice
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Theodore Roosevelt-President
Bryan-Vice
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McKinley-President
Theodore Roosevelt-Vice