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How did the Democratic Party change as it moved from being the party of Grover Cleveland to being the party of William Jennings Bryan?

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President Cleveland generally questioned the wisdom of protective tariffs.

A) True
B) False

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The growing storm of protest against Spain for its treatment of Cubans did not lead President Grover Cleveland to intervene in the conflict there.

A) True
B) False

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Party loyalty in the late nineteenth century was grounded in issues of public policy.

A) True
B) False

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In the late nineteenth century,the issue of primary interest to the Republican Party was


A) restricting immigration.
B) reducing taxation.
C) a prohibition on alcohol.
D) supporting public education.
E) supporting high tariffs.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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What did the election results of 1896 reveal about the changes in American society since 1865?

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In 1886,the Supreme Court invalided an Illinois Granger law in what was known as the ________ case.

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Voter turnout for presidential elections in the late nineteenth century was very high,although large groups of voters were disenfranchised.

A) True
B) False

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The ________ Act established formal colonial government in Puerto Rico,while the Jones Act made all Puerto Ricans American citizens.

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Beginning in 1898,the American war in the Philippines


A) lasted for years and resulted in thousands of American deaths.
B) saw close to 10,000 Filipinos die in the conflict.
C) was led by General George Pershing.
D) saw the United States withdraw its military and negotiate a diplomatic end to the conflict.
E) went much more smoothly than the recent Spanish-American War.

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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Informal American control of Cuba was sanctioned by the ________ Amendment.

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After American annexation,the Puerto Rican sugar industry flourished and Puerto Ricans became increasingly dependent on imported food.

A) True
B) False

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Americans were untroubled by thinking of themselves as European-style imperialists.

A) True
B) False

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Opponents of the American acquisition of the Philippines organized themselves into the ________.

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Why may one say the Spanish-American War marked the "birth" of the United States as an international power?

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The presidential campaign of 1888 was the first since the Civil War to deal with a clear economic difference between the two major parties.

A) True
B) False

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Congress tried to respond to demands of inflationist sentiment in 1893 by passing the ________.

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What was the nature of the debate over the acquisition of the Philippines?

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In the early twentieth century,Cuba


A) attracted little investment by American businesses.
B) won a large measure of political independence from the United States.
C) developed a stable economy through its sugar industry.
D) was occupied by troops from the United States for years at a time.
E) saw intermittent resistance against "Yankee imperialism."

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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