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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tom Watson

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -panic of 1873

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The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -grandfather clause

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The grandfather clause was a legal or co...

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In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War


A) the push for social, political, and economic reforms intensified and gained momentum in and out of state, local, and the federal government.
B) Americans retained a strong sense of idealistic sacrifice.
C) the North developed a strong sense of moral superiority.
D) concern for racial questions took precedence over economics.
E) waste, speculation, and corruption afflicted both business and government.

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How did racial issues and ethnic clashes,including those involving Chinese immigration,affect economic and political developments of the Gilded Age?

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Racial issues and ethnic clashes, includ...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William McKinley

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William McKinley (January 29, 1843 – Sep...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Rutherford B. Hayes

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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th Preside...

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Labor unrest during the Hayes administration stemmed from


A) agitation by Communist sympathizers and other political radicals.
B) workers being given the legal right to unionize by the federal government.
C) the collapse of the steel industry.
D) workers' unreasonable demands and strikes for higher pay and benefits during a period of economic stagnation.
E) years of depression and deflation that undermined workers' wages andliving standards.

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Civil Rights Cases(1883)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Andrew Carnegie

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Compare and contrast the Democratic and Republican parties of the late 1800s in terms of their leadership, their position on issues, and the constituencies to whom they appealed.

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In the late 1800s, the Democratic and Re...

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American politics in the late nineteenth century has been referred to as the "politics of equilibrium." Why? List some consequences of this equilibrium in the party system.

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In late-nineteenth century elections, Democrats could generally count on the support of


A) the white South.
B) northern industrial cities.
C) immigrant groups.
D) the Midwest.
E) Catholics and Lutherans.

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pendleton Act

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The Pendleton Act, also known as the Pen...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Chester A. Arthur

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Chester A. Arthur served as the 21st Pre...

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The Compromise of 1877 resulted in


A) a renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South and the continued presence of federal troops in the South.
B) the withdrawal of federal troops and abandonment of federal protection of black civil and voting rights in the South.
C) the election of Democrat presidential candidate Samuel Tilden to the presidency.
D) Republican support for an inflationary silver-money policy.
E) None of these choices are correct.

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The railroad strike of 1877 was the first major national labor union work stoppage. What did the strike, and President Hayes's response, reveal about the new American industrial economy? What did the result of the strike reveal about the power of the labor movement during this period in relation to the railroads and about the influence of government intervention on behalf of big business?

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The railroad strike of 1877 revealed sev...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -spoils system

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The spoils system, also known as patrona...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Denis Kearney

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Denis Kearney (1847–1907) was an Irish i...

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Reed

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Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902) was an ...

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