Deck 18: Politics and Foreign Relations in a Rapidly Changing Nation, 1865-1902

Question 1

Granger laws sought to

A)increase the supply of money in circulation.
B)guarantee price levels for crops.
C)regulate railroad rates.
D)increase farm exports.

Answer 1

regulate railroad rates.

Question 2

According to George W. Plunkitt, Tammany Hall kept the voters' loyalty by

A)appealing to their worst fears.
B)bribery.
C)meeting the needs of the poor.
D)its reputation for honest government.

Answer 2

meeting the needs of the poor.

Question 3

Populists in the South threatened the existing power structure by

A)trying to unite poor farmers, regardless of race.
B)refusing to grow cotton.
C)burning crops in an effort to raise prices.
D)seizing control of railroads.

Answer 3

trying to unite poor farmers, regardless of race.

Question 4

The Farmers' Alliance, like the Grange and Knights of Labor, advocated

A)cooperatives.
B)socialism.
C)support for the Republican Party.
D)racial integration.

Question 5

Republicans focused their 1888 presidential campaign on

A)reducing immigration.
B)reforming the civil service.
C)reducing the size of government.
D)the protective tariff.

Question 6

The Pendleton Act of 1883

A)reduced the tariff by 20 percent.
B)increased federal subsidies to railroads.
C)removed from the South the troops that had protected black voters.
D)established the merit system for filling federal government jobs.

Question 7

In the case of Munn v. Illinois (1877), the Supreme Court

A)agreed that businesses with a public interest were subject to regulation.
B)declared state Prohibition laws to be unconstitutional.
C)ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect black voting rights.
D)threw out a state law that limited the vote to native-born citizens.

Question 8

In 1892, Grover Cleveland

A)won a majority of the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.
B)won a majority of the popular vote but lost the Electoral College.
C)became the first president to win two nonconsecutive terms.
D)won the presidency, even though his party lost control of the House and Senate.

Question 9

The McKinley Tariff (1889)was

A)an example of a high Republican tariff.
B)designed to increase federal revenues by a substantial margin.
C)opposed by most industrialists.
D)supported by most farmers.

Question 10

How did Congress react to the defeat of the Lodge Bill?

A)Northern congressmen forced through a constitutional amendment protecting voting rights for African Americans.
B)Congress essentially sacrificed African American voting rights for the sake of the McKinley Tariff.
C)Congress overrode the president's veto.
D)Several members of the House of Representatives resigned in protest.

Question 11

Grover Cleveland split with his party over the issue of

A)providing relief for the unemployed.
B)revealing his illness to the nation.
C)repealing the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.
D)his vice-presidential candidate.

Question 12

National politics in the late nineteenth century

A)favored the Republicans.
B)favored the Democrats.
C)were a stalemate as neither party could enact its policies.
D)were characterized by considerable legislative activity.

Question 13

In the late nineteenth century, the term "spoils" was associated with

A)personal attachment to a local politician.
B)the patronage system.
C)membership in a lodge.
D)ancestry.

Question 14

One of the structural changes advocated by Populists was

A)elimination of black voters.
B)abolition of the merit system of civil service.
C)a ban on campaign contributions by corporations.
D)direct election of U.S. senators.

Question 15

The term "Australian ballot" referred to

A)supporting candidates who were especially weak.
B)voting a straight party ticket.
C)stuffing the ballot box with fraudulent votes.
D)voting in private voting booths.

Question 16

Which statement about the farm economy of the Gilded Age is most accurate?

A)Farm prices were set in Chicago or New York, and farmers had to accept them.
B)Inflation was putting thousands of farmers out of business every year.
C)Farm production could not keep up with increases in population.
D)To attract rural customers, interest rates for western farmers were less than the rates paid by eastern industrialists.

Question 17

George W. Plunkitt

A)was a leading Mugwump.
B)as a Democrat supported Benjamin Harrison.
C)provided insights into the nature of urban politics and its relation to poverty.
D)served as New York City mayor for seven years.

Question 18

In the North, Democrats found political support by

A)opposing high tariffs.
B)pushing for greater government involvement in the economy.
C)embracing inflationary policies.
D)opposing prohibition.

Question 19

What organization gave rise to the Populist Party?

A)The Grange
B)The Ku Klux Klan
C)The Farmers' Alliance
D)The Knights of Labor

Question 20

The Interstate Commerce Commission

A)lacked the power to regulate railroads effectively.
B)saved producers billions of dollars by forcing railroads to lower their rates.
C)virtually destroyed the railroad industry by forcing railroads to lower their rates.
D)amounted to little more than socialist control of the railroad industry.

Question 21

Resistance to the French occupation of Mexico was led by

A)Antonio López de Santa Anna.
B)Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.
C)Porfirio Díaz.
D)Benito Juárez.

Question 22

Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that

A)sea power was the key to national greatness.
B)it was the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to conquer Canada.
C)Americans should solve their own problems before getting involved overseas.
D)the United States had a moral responsibility to bring Christian civilization to a benighted world.

Question 23

The Treaty of Paris (1898)differed from earlier agreements acquiring territory by

A)making residents of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico American citizens.
B)granting no monetary compensation to Spain for the loss of its colonies.
C)defining Alaska and Hawaii as American colonies.
D)carrying no promise of eventual statehood for the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Question 24

William McKinley decided to annex the Philippines because

A)the islands would provide a new market for American products.
B)Catholic immigrants from Europe might be more likely to settle in the Philippines, where Catholicism was strong.
C)he understood the strategic and political importance of the islands to Asia and the Pacific.
D)the Filipinos requested annexation.

Question 25

Besides insulting President McKinley, the de Lome letter

A)indicated that Spain had plans to attack the Florida Keys.
B)suggested Spain was not serious about reforms in Cuba.
C)offered territory to France in exchange for an alliance.
D)declared that Spain would easily defeat the American military.

Question 26

William H. Seward advocated the purchase of Alaska because

A)the area held important natural resources.
B)he believed in American expansion in North America.
C)Russia was threatening to attack American fishing vessels operating near Alaska.
D)he feared that the British would add it to their holdings in Canada.

Question 27

During the economic crisis of the 1890s, Jacob W. Coxey advocated a

A)return to classical laissez-faire economics.
B)government takeover of the major businesses.
C)march on Washington of the unemployed to demand government help.
D)repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

Question 28

William Jennings Bryan campaigned for president in 1896 by

A)making a short tour of large cities.
B)traveling across the country on long train journeys.
C)working with business leaders.
D)sitting on his front porch in Canton, Ohio.

Question 29

Anti-imperialists argued against seizing foreign colonies because

A)the colonies would become targets of America's enemies.
B)holding colonies violated the American spirit of democracy.
C)colonies would increase the number of undesirable immigrants to the United States.
D)America lacked the money to improve the situations in new colonies.

Question 30

To counter guerrilla warfare in Cuba, the Spanish

A)established a reconcentration policy.
B)abandoned the cities.
C)deployed conventional warfare tactics.
D)practiced yellow journalism.

Question 31

What was the result of a reciprocal trade treaty between America and Hawaii in 1875?

A)Hawaiians migrated to the American mainland.
B)Christian missionaries were forced to leave Hawaii.
C)There was a rapid expansion of the Hawaiian sugar industry.
D)Hawaiians began enlisting in the American Navy.

Question 32

American missionaries in Hawaii

A)kept the islands closed to foreign trade.
B)developed tremendous influence over monarchs, in some cases.
C)confined their work solely to religious matters.
D)tried to prevent American interests from gaining influence in the islands.

Question 33

Josiah Strong argued that

A)sea power was the key to national greatness.
B)it was the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to conquer Canada.
C)Americans should solve their own problems before getting involved overseas.
D)the United States has a moral responsibility to bring Christian civilization to a benighted world.

Question 34

How did most Americans die in the Spanish-American War?

A)By disease
B)During clashes with Spanish troops on Cuban soil
C)During naval battles in the Pacific
D)By machine gun fire

Question 35

The Teller Amendment

A)pledged that the United States would not annex Cuba.
B)declared that Cuba should be independent.
C)provided for the U.S. annexation of Puerto Rico.
D)provided for the U.S. annexation of the Philippine Islands.

Question 36

Some Americans were interested in the Philippine Islands

A)for their resources in oil.
B)for their strategic location.
C)because their tropical climate made them a potential haven for tourists.
D)because industrialists wanted to recruit Filipino labor.

Question 37

American actions in the Venezuelan boundary dispute in 1896 indicated that

A)the Monroe Doctrine was no longer an important part of U.S. foreign policy.
B)the United States remained a sympathetic ally of Great Britain.
C)Spain was a growing threat in South America.
D)Americans were willing to take aggressive stands against European powers.

Question 38

How did Americans gain influence in Hawaii?

A)Through the American navy
B)Through the opium trade
C)From sugar growers
D)By exporting beef to the islands

Question 39

The Treaty of Paris

A)established Cuba as an American colony.
B)made Hawaii part of U.S. territory.
C)established joint control of the Philippines by the United States and Spain.
D)forced Spain to cede Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.

Question 40

How did the United States convince Japan and Korea to open trade relations?

A)Through the use of naval power
B)By bribing important officials
C)By agreeing to trade through British middlemen
D)Through the efforts of western missionaries

Question 41

Emilio Aguinaldo

A)was a leader of Cuban independence.
B)was the first governor of the Philippines.
C)argued the Insular cases for Puerto Rico before the U.S. Supreme Court.
D)led the struggle for Filipino independence.

Question 42

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Carl Schurz

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
patronage system

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Whiskey Ring

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
People's Party

Question 46

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Tammany Hall

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
prohibition

Question 48

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
gold standard

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Question 50

The Open Door Notes

A)established an American diplomatic post in China.
B)argued that people in new island territories did not have U.S. citizenship rights.
C)announced support for Chinese autonomy.
D)claimed an American sphere of influence in Japan.

Question 51

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Interstate Commerce Commission

Question 52

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
deflation

Question 53

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McKinley Tariff

Question 54

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Credit Mobilier

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Australian ballot

Question 56

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
greenbacks

Question 58

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Pendleton Act

Question 59

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Jacob S. Coxey

Question 60

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American Woman Suffrage Association

Question 61

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Boxer Rebellion

Question 62

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Teller Amendment

Question 63

In 1896, why did William Jennings Bryan suffer the worst defeat of any presidential candidate in a generation?

Question 64

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
imperialism

Question 65

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Platt Amendment

Question 66

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Alfred Thayer Mayan

Question 67

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
William H. Seward

Question 68

What were Alfred Thayer Mahan's ideas, and how did they affect American foreign policy?

Question 69

Ask students to discuss the Monroe Doctrine and explain how American foreign policy leaders applied it in the decades immediately following the Civil War.

Question 70

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Yellow journalism

Question 71

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Insular cases

Question 72

What were farmers' problems, and how did they attempt to solve them during the Gilded Age?

Question 73

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Open Door Notes

Question 74

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
Monroe Doctrine

Question 75

Instructions: Identify the following terms:
William Jennings Bryan