CHAPTER 16 QUIZ 2

Politics during the Gilded Age was dominated by all of the following issues EXCEPT

civil service reform

tariff revision

regulation of trusts

aid to the poor

aid to the poor

Why was the tariff of 1833 called the “Mongrel Tariff”? The tariff banned foreign imports of dogs and

sheep

Numerous amendments made the tariff revisions ineffective

the tariff aroused violent opposition in the North

the tariff was passed without the president's signature

Numerous amendments made the tariff revisions ineffective

What industry was the main cause for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act?

Oil

railroads

telegraph

telephone

railroads

Which of the following government acts seriously hurt the nation's economy?

Interstate Commerce Act

McKinley Tariff

“Mongrel Tariff”

Pendleton Act

McKinley Tariff

What severe depression hit America during Grover Cleveland's second administration?

Panic of ‘93

True/False

___ The Civil Service Commission was designed to stop the abuses of the spoils system.

True

True/False

___ Most Americans were opposed to federal regulation of the railroads as “government interference.”

False

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Roscoe Conkling

D) James A. Garfield

E) Benjamin Harrison

___ corrupt New York politician who controlled the Customs House

C) Roscoe Conkling

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Roscoe Conkling

D) James A. Garfield

E) Benjamin Harrison

___ reforming president who was assassinated

D) James A. Garfield

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Roscoe Conkling

D) James A. Garfield

E) Benjamin Harrison

___ reform of the civil service system

A) Chester A. Arthur

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Roscoe Conkling

D) James A. Garfield

E) Benjamin Harrison

___ first Democratic president since the Civil War; championed commerce reform

B) Grover Cleveland

A) Chester A. Arthur

B) Grover Cleveland

C) Roscoe Conkling

D) James A. Garfield

E) Benjamin Harrison

___ weak president; monopoly reform

E) Benjamin Harrison