Chapter 185. Reflections on Economic Issues and Party Realignment, Chapter 18

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Correct. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in the 1880s and 1890s economic issues restructured American politics, as controversies over tariff reform, government regulation of business, and currency revealed new social cleavages and created new opportunities for political coalition-building.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, in the 1880s and 1890s economic issues restructured American politics, as controversies over tariff reform, government regulation of business, and currency revealed new social cleavages and created new opportunities for political coalition-building.

Correct. The answer is b. To support her argument that the Republican Party seized on the tariff question in order to forge a new national coalition of industrialists, labor, and western producers of raw materials, the author cites Republican James Blaine’s advice that the party should “fold up the bloody shirt and lay it away. It is of no use to us. You want to shift the main issue to protection.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. To support her argument that the Republican Party seized on the tariff question in order to forge a new national coalition of industrialists, labor, and western producers of raw materials, the author cites Republican James Blaine’s advice that the party should “fold up the bloody shirt and lay it away. It is of no use to us. You want to shift the main issue to protection.”

Correct. The answer is d. To illustrate her argument that the economic concerns of the Gilded Age provided opportunities for new political alliances, the author introduces the Greenback Labor Party, which brought together farmers and urban workers who advocated inflationary money policies and favored the issuing of paper currency not tied to the gold supply.

Incorrect. The answer is d. To illustrate her argument that the economic concerns of the Gilded Age provided opportunities for new political alliances, the author introduces the Greenback Labor Party, which brought together farmers and urban workers who advocated inflationary money policies and favored the issuing of paper currency not tied to the gold supply.

Correct. The answer is a. The author argues that public pressure from American voters compelled the U.S. government to move toward greater regulation of big business. Anger over the Supreme Court’s Wabash decision, which ruled that states could not regulate railroads, led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, and concern over the growing power of trusts led Congress to pass the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author argues that public pressure from American voters compelled the U.S. government to move toward greater regulation of big business. Anger over the Supreme Court’s Wabash decision, which ruled that states could not regulate railroads, led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Act in 1887, and concern over the growing power of trusts led Congress to pass the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues in this section that Cleveland’s repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and his stubborn adherence to the gold standard led to the prolonged and severe depression of the 1890s.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues in this section that Cleveland’s repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act and his stubborn adherence to the gold standard led to the prolonged and severe depression of the 1890s.

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