APUSH-CH 26 and 23 Review

Which development was a critical reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan loyalty in the Gilded Age?

• the radical ideological differences between the Democratic and Republican parties

• the sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the Democratic and Republican parties.

• religious conflict between Catholics and mainline Protestants

• Political differences over the policy of the civil service

• sectional tensions among the Northeast, Midwest and South

All of the following were among the groups that formed the solid political base of the Republican party in the late 19th century EXCEPT:

• northern big cities

• Union Civil War veterans

• southern African American freedmen

• the Midwest

• the rural and small town Midwest

With the passage of the Pendleton Act, prohibiting political contributions from many federal workers, many politicians increasingly sought money from

• labor unions

• farmers and agrarian associations

• foreign contributors

• government contractors

• large corporations

What sparked a new round of warfare between the Sioux tribe and the US army in 1874?

• the massacre of US Army captain William Fetterman and his soldiers by a Sioux war party near the Bozeman trail.

• The start of an effort by Sioux chief Crazy Horse to drive all whites from Montana an the Dakotas.

• the expedition by US Army colonel George Custer to Oregon and California

• the discovery of gold by Colonel George Custer on Sioux land in the Black Hills.

• the announcement of the federal government that it was opening all Sioux lands to settlement.

In an effort to assimilate Native Americans into American society, the Dawes Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

• dissolve many tribes as legal entities

• attempt to make rugged individualists of the Native Americans

• abolish tribal ownership of land

• outlaw the Ghost Dance

• promise Native Americans US citizenship in 25 years

What was the most important role played by the mining frontier?

• bringing law and order to the west

• reducing the intensity of conflict between whites and Native Americans

• enabling the government to go off the gold standard

• ensuring that the mining industry would remain in the hands of small independent businessmen

• attracting a substantial population and wealth to the west

Which of the following was NOT a serious obstacle or difficulty encountered by families seeking to farm in the frontier West?

• insufficient quantities of acreage for productive farming

• land grabbing promoters and speculators obtaining the most attractive land for farming

• inhospitable soil and inadequate technology for farming the prairie sod of the Great Plains

• financial setbacks brought on by severe droughts

Which of the following did late 19th century farmers believe to be the most responsible for their difficult economic circumstances?

• low tariff rates

• overproduction

• a deflated currency

• an inflated currency

• excessive government regulation

All of the following characterized the Election of 1896 EXCEPT that:

• the major political issue of the election was free and unlimited coinage of silver

• William Jennings Bryan gained the presidential nomination of the Democratic and Populist parties

• it was the last time in American history that a serious effort to win the White House would be made mostly by agrarian voters

• millions of dollars were raised from big businessmen to ensure the election of McKinley and promote big business interests

• it ushered in a period of increased voter participation, strengthening of party organizations, and continued presence of the money and civil service reform questions in politics.

During the late nineteenth century, politicians such as the one depicted in the image most likely would have opposed which of the following?

• Social services provided to immigrants by local politicians

• Granting American Indians full citizenship and voting rights

• The expansion of the transcontinental railroad system

• Calls for reforms to local and state governments