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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The McKinley Tariff   used high tariff duties to promote new industries. shaped all later antitrust policies. ended the historic policy of tariff protectionism. None of the answers are correct. lowered tariff rates by 4 percent.

	In 1890, the American electorate rejected   the legislative passiveness of both major parties by electing many third-party and especially Populist candidates to Congress. Republican passiveness by crushing the party in the congressional elections. None of the answers are correct. Democratic legislative activism by crushing the party in the congressional elections. Republican legislative activism by crushing the party in the congressional elections.

	Which of the following is NOT true of American farmers in the 1865-1890 period?   Their productivity increased. Farm mortgages were common. All of the answers are correct. Their purchasing power declined. Prices for their crops declined.

	The Colored Farmers' National Alliance ended when   the Farmers' Alliance leadership expelled all African Americans from the organization. a posse lynched fifteen cotton pickers who were on strike. It never ended and still exists today. southern planters used strikebreakers in the cotton fields. prices on cotton increased significantly.

	In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey led a march on Washington, D.C. to demand   racial equality. an immediate and significant reduction of the tariff. coinage of silver at a ratio to gold of 16:1. road construction projects to employ the jobless. a sub-treasury system for American farmers.

	In the Pullman Strike of 1894, Cleveland's intervention   affirmed the court injunction as a new weapon against labor. had little impact. failed to end the strike. ensured the success of the strike. gave workers the protection of a court injunction.

	Which group was the first to be seriously affected by the wave of new immigrants to America from southern and eastern Europe?   railroad workers Southern sharecroppers Midwestern farmers Western cattle ranchers Midwestern miners

	Support for free silver coinage grew rapidly from 1894 to 1896 because   Cleveland Democrats joined workers in support of free silver. industrial workers joined farmers in support of free silver. the issue offered a simple, compelling answer for the economic crisis. All of the answers are correct. the nation was running out of gold.

	Which best describes the decision that shattered the Populist party in 1896?   its nomination of their own candidate, James Weaver, for the presidency its expulsion of all African American members in an attempt to attract more southern support its admission of African Americans to the party's ranks None of the answers are correct. its nomination of the Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan for the presidency

	During the 1890s, writers who rejected romanticism often wrote   regional stories depicting everyday life. disparaging tales about ethnic groups that perpetuated anti-immigrant feelings. political pamphlets championing their candidate. None of the answers are correct. grand epic stories in which the hero always defeated the villain.

	Which best describes the source of agrarian anger and protest in the late nineteenth century?   Insufficient labor resources with the end of slavery. Farm prices fell far more than did prices for other commodities. Farmers perceived their social and economic position as declining throughout the period. Railroad rates increased dramatically between 1870 and 1900. All of the answers are correct.

	Leaders of the Southern Farmers' Alliance   All of the answers are correct. formed the first major People's party. tried to capture the Democratic party. often crossed over to the Republican party. eschewed politics for more radical methods.

	Which of the following lists events in the correct chronological order?   Republican policy to promote industry, Panic of 1893, Republican policy to regulate industry Republican policy to promote industry, Republican policy to regulate industry, Panic of 1893 Republican policy to regulate industry, Panic of 1893, Republican policy to promote industry None of the answers are correct. All happened simultaneously.

	McKinley's first term in office was characterized by   the need to regulate the effects of industrialism. increased economic prosperity. presidential activism. gold discoveries that inflated the currency. All of the answers are correct.

	By 1900 McKinley had begun prodding the Republican party toward a new policy of   None of the answers are correct. another increase in tariff rates. promoting economic growth with subsidies and tariffs. regulating and controlling industry. monetary inflation through silver coinage.

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