US History Topic 2

How was William Jennings Bryan different from the majority of other presidential candidates of the era?

• He toured the nation, doing his own campaigning.
• He came from an impoverished rural background.
• He pledged to lead a corruption-free administration.
• He argued against the gold standard, supporting silver instead.

"If you strike off into the broad, free West, and make yourself a farm from Uncle Sam’s generous domain, you will crowd nobody, starve nobody, and neither you nor your children need evermore beg. . ."

• immigrants.
• freed slaves.
• lower-class Northerners.
• Native Americans.

What basic conflict was the Sand Creek Massacre a part of?

• U.S. businesses against the unions
• U.S. settlers and soldiers against Native Americans
• Americans born in the country against immigrants
• U.S. soldiers against immigrant settlers

What step did the Populist Party support to reduce the cost of railroad shipping?

• having states control the railroads
• having unions control the railroads
• having the Populist Party control the railroads
• having the national government control the railroads

In the post-Civil War era, which group of people faced the greatest discrimination on the West Coast?

• African-Americans
• Mexican-Americans
• Chinese immigrants
• Scandinavian immigrants

As a whole, the presidents of the Gilded Age could best be described as 

• progressive.
• eloquent.
• unpredictable.
• ineffective.

What did the gridlock between parties in Congress and the White House in the late 1800s lead to?

• Corruption disappeared.

• Native Americans were restricted to reservations.

• Reconstruction went on for too long.

• Little meaningful legislation was passed.

What was the primary effect of Native Americans being confined to reservations?

• The conflict between Native Americans and settlers decreased.
• Their nomadic way of life was increasingly restricted.
• They received education and religious teaching from settlers.
• They were given access to improved healthcare facilities and schools.

The Grange promoted which of the following ideas?

• The farming industry is in danger of collapse.
• Farmers have an important job in American society.
• Bankers and other professions are not kind to farmers.
• Many professions are related to others.

What year was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed?

• 1870
• 1876
• 1882
• 1888