a.

personal attachment to a local politician.

b.

the patronage system.

c.

membership in a lodge.

d.

ancestry.

a.

was a leading Mugwump.

b.

as a Democrat supported Benjamin Harrison.

c.

provided insights into the nature of urban politics and its relation to poverty.

d.

served as New York City mayor for seven years.

a.

appealing to their worst fears.

b.

bribery.

c.

meeting the needs of the poor.

d.

its reputation for honest government.

a.

opposing high tariffs.

b.

pushing for greater government involvement in the economy.

c.

embracing inflationary policies.

d.

opposing prohibition.

a.

favored the Republicans.

b.

favored the Democrats.

c.

were a stalemate as neither party could enact its policies.

d.

were characterized by considerable legislative activity.

a.

lacked the power to regulate railroads effectively.

b.

saved producers billions of dollars by forcing railroads to lower their rates.

c.

virtually destroyed the railroad industry by forcing railroads to lower their rates.

d.

amounted to little more than socialist control of the railroad industry.

a.

increase the supply of money in circulation.

b.

guarantee price levels for crops.

c.

regulate railroad rates.

d.

increase farm exports.

a.

reducing immigration.

b.

reforming the civil service.

c.

reducing the size of government.

d.

the protective tariff.

a.

Northern congressmen forced through a constitutional amendment protecting voting rights for African Americans.

b.

Congress essentially sacrificed African American voting rights for the sake of the McKinley Tariff.

c.

Congress overrode the president's veto.

d.

Several members of the House of Representatives resigned in protest.

a.

Farm prices were set in Chicago or New York, and farmers had to accept them.

b.

Inflation was putting thousands of farmers out of business every year.

c.

Farm production could not keep up with increases in population.

d.

To attract rural customers, interest rates for western farmers were less than the rates paid by eastern industrialists.

a.

agreed that businesses with a public interest were subject to regulation.

b.

declared state Prohibition laws to be unconstitutional.

c.

ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect black voting rights.

d.

threw out a state law that limited the vote to native-born citizens.

a.

reduced the tariff by 20 percent.

b.

increased federal subsidies to railroads.

c.

removed from the South the troops that had protected black voters.

d.

established the merit system for filling federal government jobs.

a.

cooperatives.

b.

socialism.

c.

support for the Republican Party.

d.

racial integration.

a.

The Grange

b.

The Ku Klux Klan

c.

The Farmers' Alliance

d.

The Knights of Labor

a.

supporting candidates who were especially weak.

b.

voting a straight party ticket.

c.

stuffing the ballot box with fraudulent votes.

d.

voting in private voting booths.

a.

an example of a high Republican tariff.

b.

designed to increase federal revenues by a substantial margin.

c.

opposed by most industrialists.

d.

supported by most farmers.

a.

trying to unite poor farmers, regardless of race.

b.

refusing to grow cotton.

c.

burning crops in an effort to raise prices.

d.

seizing control of railroads.

a.

elimination of black voters.

b.

abolition of the merit system of civil service.

c.

a ban on campaign contributions by corporations.

d.

direct election of U.S. senators.

a.

won a majority of the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.

b.

won a majority of the popular vote but lost the Electoral College.

c.

became the first president to win two nonconsecutive terms.

d.

won the presidency, even though his party lost control of the House and Senate.

a.

providing relief for the unemployed.

b.

revealing his illness to the nation.

c.

repealing the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

d.

his vice-presidential candidate.

a.

return to classical laissez-faire economics.

b.

government takeover of the major businesses.

c.

march on Washington of the unemployed to demand government help.

d.

repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

a.

making a short tour of large cities.

b.

traveling across the country on long train journeys.

c.

working with business leaders.

d.

sitting on his front porch in Canton, Ohio.

a.

making Indians living there American citizens.

b.

carrying a promise of eventual statehood.

c.

making Alaska an American colony.

d.

carrying no promise of eventual statehood.

a.

the area held important natural resources.

b.

he believed in American expansion in North America.

c.

Russia was threatening to attack American fishing vessels operating near Alaska.

d.

he feared that the British would add it to their holdings in Canada.

a.

Antonio López de Santa Anna.

b.

Miguel Lerdo de Tejada.

c.

Porfirio Díaz.

d.

Benito Juárez.

a.

Through the use of naval power

b.

By bribing important officials

c.

By agreeing to trade through British middlemen

d.

Through the efforts of western missionaries

a.

kept the islands closed to foreign trade.

b.

developed tremendous influence over monarchs, in some cases.

c.

confined their work solely to religious matters.

d.

tried to prevent American interests from gaining influence in the islands.

a.

Hawaiians migrated to the American mainland.

b.

Christian missionaries were forced to leave Hawaii.

c.

There was a rapid expansion of the Hawaiian sugar industry.

d.

Hawaiians began enlisting in the American Navy.

a.

Through the American navy

b.

Through the opium trade

c.

From sugar growers

d.

By exporting beef to the islands

a.

sea power was the key to national greatness.

b.

it was the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to conquer Canada.

c.

Americans should solve their own problems before getting involved overseas.

d.

the United States had a moral responsibility to bring Christian civilization to a benighted world.

a.

sea power was the key to national greatness.

b.

it was the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to conquer Canada.

c.

Americans should solve their own problems before getting involved overseas.

d.

the United States has a moral responsibility to bring Christian civilization to a benighted world.

a.

the Monroe Doctrine was no longer an important part of U.S. foreign policy.

b.

the United States remained a sympathetic ally of Great Britain.

c.

Spain was a growing threat in South America.

d.

Americans were willing to take aggressive stands against European powers.

a.

established a re-concentration policy.

b.

abandoned the cities.

c.

deployed conventional warfare tactics.

d.

practiced yellow journalism.

a.

indicated that Spain had plans to attack the Florida Keys.

b.

suggested Spain was not serious about reforms in Cuba.

c.

offered territory to France in exchange for an alliance.

d.

declared that Spain would easily defeat the American military.

a.

pledged that the United States would not annex Cuba.

b.

declared that Cuba should be independent.

c.

provided for the U.S. annexation of Puerto Rico.

d.

provided for the U.S. annexation of the Philippine Islands.

a.

for their resources in oil.

b.

for their strategic location.

c.

because their tropical climate made them a potential haven for tourists.

d.

because industrialists wanted to recruit Filipino labor.

a.

By disease

b.

During clashes with Spanish troops on Cuban soil

c.

During naval battles in the Pacific

d.

By machine gun fire

a.

established Cuba as an American colony.

b.

made Hawaii part of U.S. territory.

c.

established joint control of the Philippines by the United States and Spain.

d.

forced Spain to cede Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.

a.

the islands would provide a new market for American products.

b.

Catholic immigrants from Europe might be more likely to settle in the Philippines, where Catholicism was strong.

c.

other nations appeared likely to take the islands if the United States did not.

d.

the Filipinos requested annexation.

a.

the colonies would become targets of America's enemies.

b.

holding colonies violated the American spirit of democracy.

c.

colonies would increase the number of undesirable immigrants to the United States.

d.

America lacked the money to improve the situations in new colonies.

a.

was a leader of Cuban independence.

b.

was the first governor of the Philippines.

c.

argued the Insular cases for Puerto Rico before the U.S. Supreme Court.

d.

led the struggle for Filipino independence.

a.

established an American diplomatic post in China.

b.

argued that people in new island territories did not have U.S. citizenship rights.

c.

announced support for Chinese autonomy.

d.

claimed an American sphere of influence in Japan.