C HAPTER 16 Q UIZ 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