American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 19: FROM CRISIS TO EMPIRE

True or False Quiz

1
The Republican Party controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency for but four years from 1876 to 1896.
A)True
B)False
2
Electoral turnout of eligible voters in the Gilded Age tended to be lower than it is today.
A)True
B)False
3
The assassination of William McKinley by an office seeker provided impetus to the passage of the Civil Service Act.
A)True
B)False
4
In general, Grover Cleveland favored lower tariffs.
A)True
B)False
5
The Sherman Antitrust Act applied initially only to railroads.
A)True
B)False
6
The so-called Granger laws provided for state government regulation of railroads.
A)True
B)False
7
The federal courts often overturned decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
A)True
B)False
8
The Farmers' Alliance organization provided the foundation from which the Populist Party emerged.
A)True
B)False
9
There was a separate Farmers' Alliance organization, affiliated with the larger group, for African-American farmers.
A)True
B)False
10
The populists sought to build ties with industrial workers but were generally unsuccessful in doing so.
A)True
B)False
11
Some southern Populists tried to build political connection with black farmers, but the efforts did not prove long lasting.
A)True
B)False
12
Among the causes of the Panic of 1893 was the interconnectedness of the American economy.
A)True
B)False
13
Most industrialized nations of the world recognized both gold and silver as backing for their monetary systems.
A)True
B)False
14
Although the Populists agreed with William Jennings Bryan on the silver issue, they refused to endorse him in 1896 because it would have meant the loss of their identity.
A)True
B)False
15
In the 1896 election, William Jennings Bryan received most of his votes from the farming areas of the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states.
A)True
B)False
16
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, alone among prominent American publishers, disdained the sensationalistic reporting of the Cuban revolution of the 1890s as practiced by the nation's "yellow press."
A)True
B)False
17
The American attack on the Spanish fleet at Manila resulted in the most difficult and bloodiest engagement of the Spanish-American War.
A)True
B)False
18
Black volunteers were accepted for service in the Spanish-American War and black regiments were used in the American invasion force.
A)True
B)False
19
United States contact with Hawaii began well before the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
20
The United States fought a brief naval war with England over the dispute concerning the border of Venezuela.
A)True
B)False
21
By 1895 almost all the population of Hawaii's main islands was of European ancestry.
A)True
B)False
22
The main trade commodity between the United States and Cuba was cotton.
A)True
B)False
23
The Spanish-American War was called the "splendid little war" because almost everything went smoothly and efficiently.
A)True
B)False
24
Theodore Roosevelt was a leader in the domestic opposition to the Spanish-American War.
A)True
B)False
25
The largest ground encounter of the Spanish-American War actually occurred in the Dominican Republic.
A)True
B)False
26
Emilio Aguinaldo was the principal leader of the Cuban nationalists until he died in a detention camp prior to American intervention.
A)True
B)False
27
Chinese "spheres of influence" referred to those Pacific Islands, including Samoa, where the United States had interests that were dominated by the Chinese navy.
A)True
B)False
28
Alfred Thayer Mahan was the key leader of the anti-imperialist movement that tried to prevent U.S. annexation of Hawaii and the Philippines.
A)True
B)False
29
George Dewey led the American naval force that captured Manila Bay.
A)True
B)False
30
When Puerto Rico was declared to be a U.S. territory and its residents were granted U.S. citizenship, all agitation for statehood or independence ended.
A)True
B)False
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