Chapter 19

Question 1

A significant characteristic of American politics at the national level during the late nineteenth century was the

Answer 1

nearly equal division of popular support for the Democratic and Republican Parties

Question 2

In the late nineteenth century, which of the following groups would least likely vote Democrat?

Answer 2

Protestant farmers of the South

Question 3

The most powerful institutions in national politics were

Answer 3

the president and Cabinet

Question 4

Which of the following acts was passed to a considerable extent as a result of the assassination of Garfield?

Answer 4

the Pendleton Civil Service Act

Question 5

The most significant issue in the presidential election of 1888 was

Answer 5

the tariff.

Question 6

Which of the following pieces of legislation was stringently enforced by the federal courts?

Answer 6

both the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Interstate Commerce Act

Question 7

Which piece of legislation caused significant political damage for the Republicans in the 1890 congressional elections?

Answer 7

the McKinley Tariff

Question 8

The so-called Granger laws were designed to regulate

Answer 8

railroad and warehouse rates

Question 9

What event caused the Grange to transform from a social and self-help association into an agency of political change?

Answer 9

the depression of 1873

Question 10

During the 1860s and 1870s, the Grangers carried out four of the following activities. Which is the exception?

Answer 10

They forged a political coalition with organized labor.

Question 11

What did some Alliance leaders advocate that made the organization different from the Grange?

Answer 11

civil service reform

Question 12

One of the most important leaders of the Southern Farmers’ Alliance and People’s Party was

Answer 12

Tom Watson.

Question 13

The Populist Party appealed primarily to which of the following constituencies?

Answer 13

small farmers in geographically isolated regions

Question 14

The Populists in 1892 favored four of the following. Which is the exception?

Answer 14

the abolition of the graduated income tax

Question 15

Four of the following were contributory causes of the Panic of 1893. Which is the exception?

Answer 15

the tax policies of the federal government on big business

Question 16

In order to alleviate unemployment produced by the Panic of 1893, Jacob S. Coxey proposed

Answer 16

creating jobs by means of government public works programs.

Question 17

The expression “Crime of ‘73” refers to the

Answer 17

discontinuance of silver coinage

Question 18

The most important issue in the 1896 presidential campaign was

Answer 18

the money question

Question 19

The significance of the “cross of gold” speech was that

Answer 19

it led to William Jennings Bryan’s Democratic presidential nomination

Question 20

The issue of free coinage of silver rapidly declined in importance among farmers after 1896 partly because

Answer 20

farm prices began to rise.

Question 21

Which of the following groups did NOT want to undo the “Crime of ‘73”?

Answer 21

bankers

Question 22

How did the Populist Party try to maintain its independence from the Democrats in 1896?

Answer 22

running Tom Watson for vice-president

Question 23

Which of the following does NOT characterize Manifest Destiny in the 1890s?

Answer 23

None of these answers is correct.

Question 24

The text lists several factors that contributed directly or indirectly to the development of the new Manifest Destiny at the turn of the century. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Answer 24

the experience of subjugating Indian tribes in the

Question 25

Alfred Thayer Mahan was significant to the development of American imperialism through his writings on

Answer 25

sea power.

Question 26

As a result of the naval building program begun in the 1870s, by 1900 the U.S. Navy was

Answer 26

the third most powerful in the world.

Question 27

The Pan-American Union

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served as a clearinghouse for distributing information to member nations.

Question 28

Which of the following was NOT a result of increasing American influence in the Hawaiian Islands beginning in the 1830s?

Answer 28

Asian immigrants were prevented from residing in Hawaii.

Question 29

In 1893, a revolution in Hawaii overthrew the government of Queen Liliuokalani. This revolution was instigated mainly by

Answer 29

American plantation interests.

Question 30

Which of the following nations competed with the United States for control of the Samoan Islands?

Answer 30

Great Britain

Question 31

The expression “yellow journalism” refers to the newspapers that emphasized

Answer 31

lurid and sensational news.

Question 32

Which of the following newspaper publishers were accused of using “yellow journalism” in their coverage of the trouble in Cuba in the 1890s?

Answer 32

William Randolph Hearst

Question 33

The de Lôme letter had the effect of

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worsening United States-Spanish relations.

Question 34

Later evidence suggested that the sinking of the Maine was actually caused by

Answer 34

an accident in one of the engine rooms.

Question 35

Of the Americans who died in Cuba during the Spanish American War, what percent were killed in battle?

Answer 35

about 10%

Question 36

Commodore George Dewey was noteworthy to the Spanish-American War for

Answer 36

sinking the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

Question 37

American preparation and mobilization for the military operations against Cuba in 1898 may most accurately be characterized as

Answer 37

remarkably inefficient and incompetent.

Question 38

In addition to waging military expeditions against the Spanish in Cuba and the Philippines, the United States invaded

Answer 38

Puerto Rico

Question 39

The Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War, provided for Spain to cede all of the following territories EXCEPT

Answer 39

the Philippines.

Question 40

The most serious issue in the debate over ratification of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 was

Answer 40

the status of the Philippines

Question 41

The Platt Amendment to the Cuban constitution did NOT

Answer 41

None of these answers is correct.

Question 42

The Philippine War

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became a long, vicious, and bloody guerilla war

Question 43

The motive of the United States in contributing troops to the rescue of the besieged diplomats during the Boxer Rebellion was to

Answer 43

have a voice in the final settlement and prevent the dismemberment of China.

Question 44

The reforms of Elihu Root, in the period between 1900 and 1903, were significant in

Answer 44

modernizing the United States Army.

Question 45

Which of the following presidential candidates was known as a leading Anti-Imperialist?

Answer 45

William Jennings Bryan