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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Political System under Strain (1877-1900)

Multiple Choice


1	President James Garfield's assassination led to the:
		A)	passage of the Civil Service (Pendleton) Act.
		B)	disappearance of the Greenback Party.
		C)	establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
		D)	rise of the Prohibition Party.


2	Attempts by states to rein in the power of corporations began with efforts to regulate the:
		A)	steel industry.
		B)	telephone and telegraph.
		C)	post office.
		D)	railroads.


3	Farmers' Alliances were formed primarily to:
		A)	provide often isolated farmers an opportunity to socialize.
		B)	address problems hurting small farmers.
		C)	regulate the dairy industry.
		D)	insure Republican victories in state and local elections.


4	The Populist Party's platform, passed in Omaha in 1892:
		A)	advocated government ownership of all farmlands, with industrious farmers guaranteed an annual wage.
		B)	included support for a "sub-treasury" plan in which the federal government would warehouse harvested crops.
		C)	called for abolishing the federal income tax.
		D)	avoided taking controversial stands.


5	President Grover Cleveland's response to the economic depression of the 1890s was to:
		A)	cut off all immigration into the United States.
		B)	establish federal relief centers to provide welfare services.
		C)	champion the "free silver" movement.
		D)	repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.


6	In the spring of 1894, Coxey's Army made headlines by:
		A)	marching on Washington to demand government action to cure the economic depression.
		B)	attacking African-Americans.
		C)	protecting President Cleveland against physical attacks.
		D)	putting an end to the Pullman Strike.


7	In the 1890s and the first decade of the twentieth century:
		A)	African-Americans were given back their voting rights.
		B)	federal government protected the voting rights of African-Americans.
		C)	northern states made it difficult for African-Americans to vote.
		D)	southern states disfranchised blacks and poor whites.


8	The "Atlanta Compromise" reflected:
		A)	the Populist Party's agreement to accept African-Americans.
		B)	Tom Watson's conversion from integrationist to militant opponent of black rights.
		C)	Booker T. Washington's willingness to accommodate to the racial caste system.
		D)	the agreement between Populists and Democrats not to push for racial integration in the South.


9	The new age of imperialism in the late nineteenth century was sparked by:
		A)	the decline of the British, French, and Russian empires.
		B)	new technology that made a truly global empire more feasible.
		C)	the demands of immigrants.
		D)	a worldwide famine which gave those countries unaffected a moral duty to help and rule those regions most devastated.


10	By 1900, the U.S. Navy:
		A)	had been downsized due to budget constraints.
		B)	had recently been modernized and expanded.
		C)	was the largest fleet in the world.
		D)	consisted of only a small fleet of rotting wooden ships.


11	Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii:
		A)	sought to keep the Hawaiian islands under native control.
		B)	sought U.S. assistance against Japanese imperialists.
		C)	was a puppet of the U.S. government.
		D)	authorized the U.S. to annex Hawaii.


12	The Teller Amendment:
		A)	was the official U.S. declaration of war against Cuba.
		B)	was the official U.S. declaration of war against Spain.
		C)	renounced any U.S. aim to annex Cuba.
		D)	acknowledged U.S. sovereignty over the Philippines.


13	Anti-imperialists differed from imperialists mostly in:
		A)	differing tactics rather than in differing goals.
		B)	their racial assumptions about nonwhites.
		C)	whether to expand U.S. markets abroad.
		D)	whether the American military was sufficiently prepared to defend an empire.


14	Emilio Aguinaldo
		A)	was the first U.S. governor of the Philippines.
		B)	was the first president of an independent Cuba.
		C)	led the U.S. Navy to a quick victory in Manila Bay.
		D)	led a guerrilla war against the U.S. in the Philippines.


15	The 1899 "open door" notes showed the U.S. desire to:
		A)	establish a separate U.S. sphere of influence in China.
		B)	partition China among several spheres of influence.
		C)	expand trade with China without a sphere of influence of its own.
		D)	crush the Boxer Rebellion.

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