Extra Quiz: Chapter 23
1. Mark Twain coined the term "Gilded Age" to suggest that the era:
2. Politically, the Gilded Age was marked by:
3. The Republican faction favoring modest civil-service reform, led by James G. Blaine, was known as the:
4. Patronage, or the "spoils system," refers to:
5. President Ulysses S. Grant's administration is best remembered for:
6. In the Crédit Mobilier scandal, congressmen were bribed with:
7. The Whiskey Ring implicated officials from which part of government?
8. The Panic of 1873 was triggered largely by:
9. The short-lived political party that arose from the Panic of 1873's debtor unrest was the:
10. The disputed 1876 election between Hayes and Tilden was resolved by the:
11. As part of the Compromise of 1877, Hayes agreed to:
12. James A. Garfield's running mate in 1880, chosen to balance the party's factions, was:
13. Charles Guiteau assassinated Garfield because he was:
14. The Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883) required that many federal jobs be filled through:
15. An ironic side effect of the Pendleton Act was that politicians turned increasingly to:
16. Grover Cleveland won over reform-minded Mugwumps in 1884 largely because of his:
17. Cleveland's bold 1887 tariff message called for:
18. In 1888, Grover Cleveland lost reelection to Benjamin Harrison despite:
19. The "Billion-Dollar Congress" of 1890 was so nicknamed because of its:
20. The McKinley Tariff of 1890:
21. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was intended to:
22. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890) was a concession to:
23. The Farmers' Alliance grew directly out of farmers' anger over:
24. Among the Populist (People's) Party's demands in 1892 was:
25. Grover Cleveland's 1892 election victory made him the only president in U.S. history (until the 21st century) to:
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