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Clep 1890 Politics a
Politics & Money
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Republicans who in 1884 deserted their party nominee,_____, to vote for the Democratic nominee, Grover Cleveland were known as mugwumps. | James Blaine |
| The _____ were a group of reform-minded Republicans who opposed James Blaine because of his financial dealings and party boss connections. | Mugwumps |
| The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate ___ in the United States presidential election of 1884. | Grover Cleveland |
| William Jennings Bryan ran unsuccessfully for President three times. He was a Democrat with ______ views. | Progressive |
| William Jennings Bryan ran in 1896, 1900, and 1908. In the 1896 election, the issue of a gold or silver monetary standard was a main campaign issue. Bryan ended up running as a Democrat and a Populist candidate in that election for his _____. | free silver policy |
| Free Silver Movement's first significant success was the enactment of the Bland-Allison Act in 1878, which restored the _____ as legal tender and required the U.S. | silver dollar |
| The Free Silver Movement gained added political strength because of the sharp economic ______of the mid-1870s. | depression |
| Between 1877 and 1897, the presidency was characterized a. by a lack of leadership. b. by mostly strong presidents. c. by a tug of war between president and Congress. d. by an inability to gets things done because of Congressional obstructionism. | a. by a lack of leadership. |
| Controversy over the Tariff Act of 1883 was significant because | For the first time the two political parties differed sharply on tariff rates. |
| ___ Act also know as the Tariff act 1883 rates were reduced an average 1.47 percent, with most rates remaining around 35-40 | Mongrel Tariff |
| Between 1876 & 1900, there was little difference between the agendas of the Reps and the Dems, so party loyalty played a big part. However, NY, NJ, CT, OH, IN, and IL were known as ____ states--they might vote either way. | swing |
| These six states were "swing" states. The Southern states that had once made up the Confederacy could be counted on to vote _______, and the Midwest and New England were predominantly Republican, but the swing states could go either way. | Democrat |
| The "solid" south (states of the former Confederacy), recent immigrants, and Catholics typically voted for _______ the between 1876 and 1900. | Democratic Party |
| Between 1876 and 1900, the business community, middle class people, and African-Americans typically backed the ________ Party. | Republican |
| Until legislation was passed to limit it, the _______ was common practice in the federal government. It was a system where the party that won the presidency would replace many positions in the federal bureaucracy with members of its own party. | spoils system |
| The spoils system was around as early as Jefferson-it was a way of rewarding loyal party members with positions in the gov. The level of corruption and inefficiency bred by the system was so bad during _______ presidency. | Ulysses S. Grant's |
| After the level of corruption and inefficiency during Ulysses Grant's presidency due to the spoils system, _________, or a change to the way government jobs are given out, was demanded by many Americans. | Civil Service reform |
| Civil service reform was a big political issue after Ulysses Grant's presidency. The Rep. Party was split into two factions on this issue--the ________wanted an end to the spoils system, while the Stalwarts believed that the spoils system was essential. | half-breeds |
| The Half-Breeds wanted an end to the spoils system. ______, a Half-Breed, ended up being the Republican candidate, with a Stalward, Chester Arthur, for his vice president. | James Garfield |
| The assassination of President James Garfield finally led to civil service reform with the ___________Act. | Pendelton Civil Service 1881 |
| President J. Garfield was assassinated in 1881. He was a Half-Breed, who wanted an end to the spoils system, and was killed by a man who declared himself a ______ . Congress passed the Pendelton Civil Service Act in 1883as a result. | Stalwart |
| The Pendelton Civil Service Act was passed after the assassination of President James Garfield and established a Civil Service Commission to determine which government positions would be filled based ____ on instead of through political appointment. | merit |
| The Pendleton Civil Service Act went a long way to improving the quality of federal employees; however, to some extent, the spoils system still exists, especially at the state and ____ government levels. | local |
| In the late nineteenth century, the one issue that seriously divided the Republican and Democratic parties were tariffs. The Republicans favored ___ tariffs to protect American industry. | high |
| The Republicans favored high tariffs, while the Democrats favored low tariffs to reduce ___. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods. | prices |
| The _______ were a series of demands by several Farmers' Alliances made in 1890. They included demands for unlimited coinage of silver, low tariffs, tighter government regulation of transportation and communication, and direct election of senators. | Ocala Demands |
| The Ocala Demands were later restated by the ___ party in the election of 1892. | Populist |
| The Populist Party, also known as the ____, was formed in 1892 and consisted mainly of farmers. Their platform included the Ocala Demands, as well as support for an eight hour workday and stronger restrictions on immigration. | People's Party |
| The Populist Party was dominated by _____. Its candidate was James Weaver in the 1892 election, who wasn't elected, but he managed to get 22 electoral college votes and more than one million popular votes. | farmers |
| A popular slogan of the Populist Party of the 1890s was | Raise less corn, and more Hell. |
| Populists wanted to change the currency laws to create ___ to reverse the deflation that America had experienced since the end of the Civil War. | inflation |
| The Panic of 1893 was a ___ that lasted four years. About twenty percent of the workforce was unemployed, and hundreds of banks closed. | depression |
| The Panic of 1893 was the result of the bankruptcy of several RR and the failure of a British bank. The increased silver coinage produced through the ____-Allison and Sherman Silver Purchase Acts are seen as playing a role. | Bland |
| Coxey's Army was a group of 400 men led by a ___ demanding that the federal government set up a $500 million work project for the unemployed during the Panic of 1893. | Populist |
| Coxey's Army, led by Jacob Coxey, believed that the government had a responsibility to the citizens for the ___ costs of depression. | social |
| As a result of the ____, a major campaign issue in the election of 1896 was whether to have a silver or gold monetary std. | Panic of 1893 |
| The Silverites supported the silver standard, while the ___ supported the gold standard. | Goldbugs |
| In the election of 1880, the Republican Party was split into two factions over the campaign issue of ___ reform. | Civil Service |
| Civil Service reform was the campaign issue which split the ___ into two factions--the Half-Breeds and the Stalwarts. | Republicans |
| In the election of 1896, the Democratic Party was split on the campaign issue of a _____. | monetary standard |
| Reps support the ____ std; the Dems were split into two factions. The Silverites support currency based on silver, while the goldbugs support the gold std. | gold |
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