APUSH: Chapter 19-20 Test

Although political parties enjoyed unprecedented loyalty and support, the national government during the late 19th century can be characterized as…

• Politically active in social issues
• Preoccupied with foreign affairs
• Effective in managing business and trade
  
• Ineffectual and reluctant to act on social issues
  

The two party system that dominated the political landscape of the period can best be described as…

• Split evenly between the Democrats and Republicans
• National election saw a 78% turnout of voters 
• Party identification translated into a cultural identification based on religion and class
• All are correct

Which of the following was NOT one of the responsibilities of the national government during the 19th century...

• Mail service
• Regulate railroads
• Administer Civil War pensions
• Collect tariffs

The Chautauqua Movement became popular in the late 19th century by…
 

• Providing a platform for agrarian/temperance reformers to speak
• Rallying labor to support popular beliefs
• Unifying farmers to support candidates
• Promoting Native American  religious beliefs

The main concern of national leaders at this time was…

• Keeping control of their party's leadership
• Distributing patronage
•  Keeping radicals from taking over their parties
• Providing support for business interests

The most powerful national institution aside from the political parties in the late 1890s was…

• The Post Office
• The Courts
• Congress
• The Executive branch

Political boss Roscoe Conklin led group within the Republican Party called the…

• Half-Breeds
• Populists
• Nativists
• Stalwarts

He won the election of 1880 as a “dark horse candidate”...

• Chester A. Arthur
• James Garfield
• Rutherford Hayes
• William McKinley

One method backed by reformers to eliminate patronage was an issue in the election of 1880…

• Limiting Congressional appointments
• Limits to Presidential appointments
• Civil-Service reform
• Dismantling of political machines

Which of the following correctly describes James Garfield…
   

• The first president assassinated because of patronage
• The first President to push for real political reform
• The first president to challenge the monopolies
• The first president to support organized labor