Gilded Age Politics

Which of the following was widely considered a negative effect of political machines during the Gilded Age?

• Political machines fostered corruption and graft in city politics

• Political Machines partnered with big business

• Political machines took advantage of immigrants

• Political machines took advantage of debt-ridden farmers

What was the aim of the Sherman Antitrust Act?

• To protect American consumers from anti-competitive business activities carried out by large corporations

• To protect large corporations from being harassed and penalized by the federal government

• To limit the liability of consumers should they be injured by the actions of a large corporation

• To encourage the formation of large corporations in an effort to bolster efficiency in the American economy

The formation of business monopolies in the late 1800s was made possible by the

• effects of laissez-faire policies

• elimination of the free-enterprise system

• adoption of socialist economic practices

• passage of federal antitrust laws

Civil Service Reform was a response to what?

• Political Machines and the Spoils System

• The need to regulate State Governments

• The need to regulate big business

• Promote talent and skill amongst government employees

Stalwarts, Half-Breeds, and Mugwumps were?

• factions of the Republican party that fought over issues like civil service reform.

• Native American political groups of the late 19c.

• names for Democratic Party reformers.

• political appointees of the spoil system

he election of 1888 would set the national stage for a financial showdown over what Gilded Age issue?

• Civil Service Reforms

• Corruption

• Tariffs

• Monopolies

Which of the following presidents are associated with civil service reform?

• Grover Cleveland

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Chester Arthur

The purpose of the Pendleton Act of 1883 was to?

• fill government jobs on the basis of merit.

• ensure that appointments to government jobs were approved by Congress.

• declare illegal the system of city political machines and boss rule.

• establish the first racial quotas for government jobs.