Question

1) Choose the best answer.

The 1884 Presidential election pitted Republican
against Democrat
.

2) Choose the best answer.

_____________ had earned a reputation for cleaning up corrupt politics.

James G. Blaine

Benjamin Harrison

Tammany Hall

Grover Cleveland

3) Choose the best answer.

Republicans called _____________ crossed party lines to support Cleveland's candidacy.

mugwumps

stalwarts

radical republicans

half-breeds

4) Choose the best answer.

Cleveland opposed "free silver" politicians who desired a(n) _____________ standard.

fraudulent

bimetallic

trimetallic

metallic

5) Choose the best answer.

The _____________ Act of 1886 clarified what would happen if both the President and Vice President were to resign or die in office.

Presidential Progression

Presidential Line

Presidential Succession

Presidential Tree

6) Choose the best answer.

In 1888 _____________ was elected 23rd President of the United States.

James G. Blaine

Benjamin Harrison

Rutherford B. Hayes

Grover Cleveland

7) Choose the best answer.

High tariffs affected _____________ farmers most because it raised the price of farm equipment.

Eastern

Southern

Western

Northern

8) Choose the best answer.

The _____________ Act allows federal courts to break up harmful monopolies.

Harrison Antitrust

Sherman Antitrust

Roosevelt Antitrust

McKinley Antitrust

9) Choose the best answer.

Financial woes under President Harrison led to former President _____________ being elected a second time.

Hayes

Cleveland

Arthur

McKinley

10) Choose the best answer.

Cleveland pushed for repeal of the Sherman _____________ Purchase Act, believing it had contributed to the Panic of 1893.

Silver

Diamond

Copper

Gold

11) Choose the best answers.


unions represent members who practice the same trade while
unions represent members of the same industry.

12) Choose the best answer.

The _____________ Riot was a peaceful union rally that turned violent.

Haymarket

Mine Workers

Knights of Labor

Stalwarts

13) Choose the best answer.

Support for the _____________ Strike brought the national rail system to a standstill.

Haymarket

Knights of Labor

Pullman

United Mine Workers

Answer 1

1) Republican James G. Blaine against Democrat Grover Cleveland.

2) Grover Cleveland

3) Mugwumps

4) Bimetallic

5) Presidential Succession

6) Benjamin Harrison

7) Western

8) Sherman Antitrust

9) Grover Cleveland

10) Silver

11) Craft (or trade) unions represent members who practice the same trade while industrial unions represent members of the same industry.

12) Haymarket

13) Pullman