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Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian:
Making Modern Presidents

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1. The evidence presented in sources 1 and 2 suggest which of the following conclusions?

In the 1880s, Americans still perceived national political figures as honorable men, set apart from the rest of society.

Americans in the 1880s embraced presidents’ humanity and eagerly sought to make personal connections with their political leaders.

Presidential campaigns in the 1880s were spontaneous affairs guided by interests far from Washington, D.C.

By the 1880s, most presidential hopefuls in the United States were celebrities.

Correct. The answer is b. The evidence presented in sources 1 and 2 suggests that Americans were eager to see national political figures as regular people and that they sought personal connections with them.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The evidence presented in sources 1 and 2 suggests that Americans were eager to see national political figures as regular people and that they sought personal connections with them.

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2. According to the sources, what did presidential candidates in the 1880s need in order to wage a successful bid for office?

Great wealth

Corporate support

Time and energy for campaigning

Endorsements from prominent women

Correct. The answer is c. The sources suggest that, in the 1880s, presidential candidates needed to be able to commit to many long days of speaking and greeting the public, but that wealth was not a precondition for the presidency.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The sources suggest that, in the 1880s, presidential candidates needed to be able to commit to many long days of speaking and greeting the public, but that wealth was not a precondition for the presidency.

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3. The 1900 newspaper article from the Springfield Daily Republican (source 5) argued that presidential campaigns were expensive for which of the following reasons?

Presidential candidates were trying to imitate British royalty.

A candidate’s railroad travel across the nation was extremely costly.

Republicans and Democrats both spent vast amounts on speakers and printing.

Both parties relied increasingly on modern campaign machinery rather than volunteers.

Correct. The answer is c. The article claimed that both Democrats and Republicans spent considerable amounts of money on campaign orators, printing, and house-to-house canvassers in each state. It implied that the parties’ plans to incorporate phonographic records and stereopticons into their campaign strategies would increase their budgets even further.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The article claimed that both Democrats and Republicans spent considerable amounts of money on campaign orators, printing, and house-to-house canvassers in each state. It implied that the parties’ plans to incorporate phonographic records and stereopticons into their campaign strategies would increase their budgets even further.

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4. Based on the evidence presented in these sources, what was the critical factor that transformed presidential campaigns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Industrialization

Populism

Urbanization

Reconstruction

Correct. The answer is a. Industrialization had a critical impact on the conduct of presidential campaigns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It served as an impetus for advertising, which both shaped and reflected campaign strategies. It created the transportation networks that made it possible for the electorate to seek out presidential candidates and for candidates to travel to meet the electorate, and it built the wealth that industrialists could then direct to the political candidates they believed would serve their interests.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Industrialization had a critical impact on the conduct of presidential campaigns in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It served as an impetus for advertising, which both shaped and reflected campaign strategies. It created the transportation networks that made it possible for the electorate to seek out presidential candidates and for candidates to travel to meet the electorate, and it built the wealth that industrialists could then direct to the political candidates they believed would serve their interests.

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Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian:
Making Modern Presidents