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chapter 20/Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

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Which two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s?

The money supply and civil-service reform

Where was the Democratic party strongest in the late 19th century?
SouthUpper
MidwestNew
EnglandWest
CoastGreat Plains
south

south
In the 1870s and 1880s, the parties had their own regions that they primarily appealed to. Democrats ruled the South and southern sections of border states like Ohio, northern cities with large immigrant population.
Republicans reigned in rural New England, Pennsylvania, and the upper Midwest.

Why was the 1892 election significant to U.S. history?

The Populist Party showed it was a potential threat to the Republican and Democratic Parties

How did William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer change the newspaper industry?

They competed for readers by writing sensationalized stories that captured the reader's attention.

How would you accurately describe voter participation during the late-nineteenth-century?

It was generally very high--usually from 80% up to 95%.

Why did the federal government during the late nineteenth century tend to ignore the social consequences of industrialization?

- Most American leaders, regardless of party, believed in the laissez-faire doctrine and did not support a large governmental role in the economy.

Who became famous for the "Cross of Gold" speech in the 1896 presidential election?

William Jennings Bryan

What did the Pendleton Act do?

It initiated civil-service reform.

What happened to James Garfield's presidency?
.

assassinated soon after coming to office.

What was the Grange (the Patrons of Husbandry)?

It was an organization of farmers.

Why did Grover Cleveland propose a reduction of the tariff rates?

The tariff was feeding a large and growing federal budget surplus.

Which of the following was not a goal of the Populist and Farmer's Alliance movements?
nationalization the railroads.
an increased money supply.
a higher protective tariff.direct election of U.S.
senators.a graduated income tax.
a higher protective tariff.

a higher protective tariff.

In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?

it received over one million votes across the nation

What was the main importance of the government's establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission?

It ended the ability of states to regulate railroads within their boundaries.

Which were reasons why American confidence in the gold standard weakened in the 1890s?
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The government had to pay for its monthly silver purchases with treasury certificates redeemable for either silver or gold, further drained gold reserves; Tariff revenues were dropping because of the high McKinley Tariff; Congress's lavish veterans' benefits had reduced government resources; British investors had sold millions of dollars' worth of stock in American railroads and converted their dollars to gold, draining U.S. gold reserves

What event triggered the Panic of 1893?

The collapse of the railroad

Which was not a reason why American confidence in the gold standard weakened in the 1890s?

Vast quantities of gold were flowing into the country from newly-opened mines in the Klondike

Which of the following was not a reason for the strengthening of American ties to Hawaii in the late nineteenth century?

Relations with the Hawaiian throne

What did the Teller Amendment assert?

a

The Teller amendment asserted that the United States had no desire for control of Cuba

The Teller Amendment asserted that the United States had
no interest in sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control of Cuba.

no interest in sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control of Cuba.

Which of the following functions was not typically performed by political bosses and precinct captains?
They ran settlement houses.

?
They ran settlement houses.

"Machine politics" was

a form of urban politics where local politicians, known as bosses, dominated urban areas.

Which of the following was not one of the approaches the United States used in dealing with Cuba in the years after the Spanish-American War?

by cancelling most American investments in the island.

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Which of the following was not a goal of the Populist and Farmer's Alliance movements? a higher protective tariff. What happened to James Garfield's presidency? It never really got started since he was assassinated soon after coming to office.

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What was the major objective of the alliance movement?

Farmers' Alliance, an American agrarian movement during the 1870s and '80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy. The movement was made up of numerous local organizations that coalesced into three large groupings.

When did the farmers alliances form the populist party which was also known as the People's party quizlet?

In 1892, the Farmers' Alliance gave birth to the People's Party. Political party formed in 1892 by the Farmers' Alliance to advance the goals of the Populist movement. Populists sought economic democracy, promoting land, electoral, banking, and monetary reform.