Despite his status as a military hero, General Ulysses S. Grant proved to be a weak political leader because he:
was personally dishonest and corrupt
did not believe in the principles of the Republican party
was unable to get others to follow his lead
had no political experience and was a poor judge of character
lacked political ambition
Which political emotion motivated the Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872?
Dismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South
Nostalgia for leadership like that of the martyred Abraham Lincoln
Disgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration
A fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks
A desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business
All of the following were causes of the panic that broke out in the United States in 1873 EXCEPT:
a ripple effect from similar, simultaneous economic panics in Europe and worldwide
the expansion of more factories, railroads, and mines than the existing markets would bear
bank failures resulting from imprudent financial loans made by bankers in support of questionable business ventures
the loss of substantial financial investments by speculators in dubious and unsustainable business ventures.
Wall Street's fears about the power of the radical Greenback party
What was a key result of the Republican hard-money policies in the mid-1870s?
The rise of the American dollar against foreign currencies
Damage to the country's credit rating
The return to the silver "Dollar of Our Daddies" as the dominant form of U.S. money
The defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874
A political turn tot he Democrats and the new Greenback Labor Party
Which development was a critical reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor of the Gilded Age?
The radical ideological differences between the Democratic and Republican parties
Sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the Democratic and Republican parties
Religious conflict between Catholics and mainline Protestants
Political differences over the policy issue of civil service
Sectional tensions among the Northeast, Midwest, and South
All of the following were among the groups that formed the solid political base of the Republican party in the late nineteenth century EXCEPT:
northern big cities
Union Civil War veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic
southern black freedmen
the Midwest
the rural and small-town Midwest
What political development resulted from the Compromise of 1877?
A renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South
The withdrawal of federal troops and abandonment of black rights in the South
The election of a Democrat to the presidency
Republican support for an inflationary silver money policy
A plan to build the first transcontinental railroad
At the end of Reconstruction, southern whites disenfranchised African Americans, using all of the following strategies EXCEPT:
literacy requirements
poll taxes
economic intimidation
lynching
the use of federal troops to discourage African Americans from voting in elections
Which of the following was NOT a cause of labor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s?
Agitation by communist sympathizers
Reductions in wages by railroad owners and other industrial employers
Competition of cheap labor from recently arrived immigrants from China
Conflict between ethnic groups for unskilled jobs
Years of depression and deflation that undermined workers' living standards
All of the following internal developments in China during the late nineteenth century resulted in Chinese immigration to the United States EXCEPT:
the disintegration of the Chinese Empire
the seizure of farmland by landlords
the intrusion of European powers
The Nationalist Communist Civil War
limited economic opportunity for Chinese peasants
With the passage of the Pendleton Act, prohibiting political contributions from many federal workers, politicians increasingly sought money from
Labor Union
Farmers and Agrarian Associations
Foreign Contributors
Contractors doing business with the Federal Government
Large Corporations
Which policy of President Grover Cleveland represented a departure from the broad consensus of most Gilded Age presidents?
A higher tariff rate
A lower tariff rate
Anti-lynching laws
Government Aid to Farmers
Inflation of the Currency by making Silver into Gold
How did the billion dollar Congress quickly dispose of rising government surpluses?
Congress provided subsidies to wheat, corn, and cotton farmers
Congress built an expensive new steel navy
Congress expanded pensions for Civil War veterans
Congress cut tariffs and other taxes
Congress increased spending on railroads and other transportation projects
President Cleveland's response to the depression of the 1890s demonstrated that he:
was able to work effectively with J.P. Morgan to address the problems of unemployment
understood the problems of urban workers better than those of farmers
had a weak grasp of the economic theory that lay behind the demand for free silver
was unable to deal effectively with such a massive economic crisis
was able to skillfully incorporate some populist proposals into the Democratic party
