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The chapter introduction relates the story of the World's Columbian Exposition to make the point that the fair symbolized America's industrial transformation |
| | A) | but the country still faced the wrenching changes of an economic depression, political realignment, and imperialist expansion. |
| | B) | but most Americans were unaware of the change and sought simply to amuse themselves at the fair. |
| | C) | and illustrated the new American economic and military domination of Europe and the Far East. |
| | D) | and, just as President Cleveland tripped the electrical switch that opened the fair, U.S. democracy and capitalism were wired together for progress. |
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The text uses all of the following to describe the political climate of the quarter-century after the Civil War EXCEPT |
| | A) | the politics of complacency. |
| | B) | the politics of stalemate. |
| | C) | the politics of paralysis. |
| | D) | the politics of efficiency. |
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Party loyalty was inspired by each of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | religion. |
| | B) | ethnicity. |
| | C) | gender. |
| | D) | region. |
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Civil service reform was finally enacted because of the |
| | A) | scandals of the Grant administration. |
| | B) | assassination of President Garfield. |
| | C) | growing incompetence of the federal government. |
| | D) | impatience of politicians with office seekers. |
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Most of the effective new programs in the country during this period originated in |
| | A) | Congress. |
| | B) | the White House. |
| | C) | the judiciary. |
| | D) | state government. |
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The Alliance movement expressed farmers' concerns in the Ocala Demands, which included all of the following EXCEPT |
| | A) | repeal and abolition of the despised subtreasury system. |
| | B) | distrust for the "money power," which they believed manipulated the free market. |
| | C) | a call for regulating railroads. |
| | D) | a demand for the free coinage of silver. |
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Which of the following statements is true about the farmers' revolt? |
| | A) | It started in South Carolina and spread westward. |
| | B) | Its creation of the Populist party weakened the Democratic party in 1892. |
| | C) | It considered adding a women's suffrage plank to its 1892 Populist party platform. |
| | D) | It excluded African American farmers. |
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All of the following statements about the election of 1896 are true EXCEPT that |
| | A) | Republican William McKinley decisively defeated William Jennings Bryan, who ran on both the Democratic and Populist ticket. |
| | B) | both candidates employed new techniques in their campaigns. |
| | C) | a major political realignment occurred, as Republicans forged a dominating new coalition of voters. |
| | D) | progressives used the free silver issue to achieve their first success in national politics. |
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What is the best explanation of "free silver"? |
| | A) | The U.S. government would promote prosperity by inflating the money supply, through minting all of the silver offered to it. |
| | B) | The U.S. government would promote prosperity by distributing cash subsidies to the unemployed, paid for by recent mining bonanzas on public lands. |
| | C) | The U.S. government would support farmers by buying up surplus crops with silver coins ("hard money"). |
| | D) | The U.S. government would support investors by allowing the purchase of silver on the open market. |
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Which of the following is NOT true about the disfranchisement movement of the 1890s in the South? |
| | A) | It began in Mississippi. |
| | B) | It was utilized to prevent immigrants from settling in the South. |
| | C) | It was utilized to prevent an alliance between blacks and poor whites that might defeat the conservative Democrats. |
| | D) | Its literary test and poll tax also prevented many poor whites from voting. |
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Booker T. Washington |
| | A) | advocated radical Socialist ideas. |
| | B) | sought political rights for African Americans. |
| | C) | counseled patience, hard work, and practical education. |
| | D) | believed in vertical rather than horizontal integration. |
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Many Americans, despite their anti-European, anti-imperialist heritage, were able to justify joining the race for empire. Their rationale included all of the following assumptions EXCEPT |
| | A) | they believed themselves responsible for extending the benefits of free enterprise. |
| | B) | they believed themselves responsible for spreading Christianity. |
| | C) | they believed themselves responsible for defending other peoples against European imperialists. |
| | D) | they believed themselves responsible for promoting democracy abroad. |
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Assess the significance of William Henry Seward to America's "new empire." |
| | A) | Preparing the way for American acquisition, he led successful naval assaults on Honolulu and Manila. |
| | B) | Believing that empire moves ever westward, he arranged U.S. acquisition of Hawaii and Samoa. |
| | C) | Though his major accomplishment was the purchase of Alaska, he envisioned U.S. commercial dominance of the Pacific. |
| | D) | Though a "desk general," he persuaded Congress to reform America's defenses and build a modern army and navy. |
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Which was NOT an influence in leading the U.S. to declare war on Spain in 1898? |
| | A) | American disgust with the brutality of Spanish efforts to suppress the Cuban revolution |
| | B) | American enthusiasm for intervening in support of popular independence movements |
| | C) | the revelation of an insulting letter written by a Spanish diplomat |
| | D) | the sinking of a U.S. warship in Havana harbor |
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John Hay issued the "open-door" notes to |
| | A) | encourage more Chinese exports into the United States. |
| | B) | permit more Chinese laborers into the United States. |
| | C) | keep Europeans from establishing exclusive, closed Chinese markets. |
| | D) | demonstrate America's new military power. |
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