1. C HAPTER 16 Q UIZ 2

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

3.  aid to the poor

4.  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

5.  Numerous amendments made the tariff revisions ineffective

6.  What industry was the main cause for passage of the Interstate Commerce Act?  Oil  railroads  telegraph  telephone

7.  railroads

8.  Which of the following government acts seriously hurt the nation's economy?  Interstate Commerce Act  McKinley Tariff  “Mongrel Tariff”  Pendleton Act

9.  McKinley Tariff

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

11.  Panic of ‘93

12.  True/False  ___ The Civil Service Commission was designed to stop the abuses of the spoils system. 

13.  True

14.  True/False  ___ Most Americans were opposed to federal regulation of the railroads as “government interference.”

15.  False

16.  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

17.  C) Roscoe Conkling

18.  A) Chester A. Arthur  B) Grover Cleveland  C) Roscoe Conkling  D) James A. Garfield  E) Benjamin Harrison   ___ reforming president who was assassinated

19.  D) James A. Garfield

20.  A) Chester A. Arthur  B) Grover Cleveland  C) Roscoe Conkling  D) James A. Garfield  E) Benjamin Harrison   ___ reform of the civil service system

21.  A) Chester A. Arthur

22.  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

23.  B) Grover Cleveland

24.  A) Chester A. Arthur  B) Grover Cleveland  C) Roscoe Conkling  D) James A. Garfield  E) Benjamin Harrison   ___ weak president; monopoly reform

25.  E) Benjamin Harrison