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Quiz for Document P5-6: Thomas Nast, “This is a White Man’s Government” (1868)

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Question 1

Nast uses figures such as the Irish laborer and Nathan Bedford Forrest, along with the background images, to associate the Democratic Party withA. ethnic and socio-economic diversity.
B. foreign invasion and war.
C. terrorism and mob violence.
D. trade unions and labor activism.

Question 2

Nast’s September, 1868, cartoon was in support of the Republican presidential candidate, Ulysses S. Grant in the November election against Democratic candidateA. Alexander Stephens.
B. Andrew Johnson.
C. Horatio Seymour.
D. Samuel Tilden.

Question 3

By showing these particular figures crushing an African American man reaching for a ballot box while holding an American flag, Nast is attempting to illustrate the Democratic Party’sA. contempt for true republican American values.
B. strong internationalist connections.
C. unstable temporary coalition of interests.
D. weak insecure hold on an electoral majority.