chapter 15 quiz 3 review
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Chapter 15 Quiz 3 Review. In what scandal did Fisk and Gould participate? Manipulating the price of gold defrauding the government on railroad expenses diverting funds from New York City government cheating the government of excise taxes. Manipulating the price of gold. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
In what scandal did Fisk and Gould participate?Manipulating the price of golddefrauding the government on railroad
expensesdiverting funds from New York City
governmentcheating the government of excise taxes
Manipulating the price of gold
Why was Tammany Hall allowed to continue its corruption?Grant was bribedMost politicians were unaware of its scandalsDemocratic leaders needed its help for votesTammany Hall paid its debt
Democratic leaders needed its help for votes
What is meant by “waving the bloody shirt”?Blaming Radicals for the hardships in the
Southblaming Democrats for the Civil Wardemanding Radical Reconstruction in the
Southdemanding equal rights for all races
blaming Democrats for the Civil War
What did the Republicans offer Southern Democrats in return for their support in electing Rutherford B. Hayes?Removal of federal troops from the Southreturn of Black Codesrecognition of the Ku Klux Klanfinancial aid to the South
Removal of federal troops from the South
What was the most severe depression in the first one hundred years of America's history? ______________
Panic of ‘73
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed___ one of the most scandal-ridden
administrations in American history
B) Ulysses S. Grant
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed
___ corrupt leader who defrauded New York City
F) William Tweed
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed
___ cartoonist who advocated political reform
E) Thomas Nast
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed
___ eccentric NewYork newspaper editor who ran against Grant in 1872
D) Horace Greeley
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed
___ lawyer who helped to reform corruption in New York City
C) Samuel J. Tilden
A) Rutherford B. HayesB) Ulysses S. GrantC) Samuel J. TildenD) Horace GreeleyE) Thomas NastF) William Tweed
___ victor of the most disputed presidential election in American history
A) Rutherford B. Hayes
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ political corruption
A) “Grantism”
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ Northern Republicans who opposed the Radicals in 1872
E) Liberal Republicans
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ paper money not backed by gold or silver
C) greenbacks
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ criminal use of funds intended for railroad construction
B) Credit Mobilier Scandal
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ conspiracy to cheat the government out of excise taxes
D) Whiskey Ring
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ agreement to remove federal troops from the South
F) Compromise of 1877
A) “Grantism”B) Credit Mobilier ScandalC) greenbacksD) Whiskey RingE) Liberal RepublicansF) Compromise of 1877G) Solid South
___ unanimous support of the Democratic party in the former Confederacy
G) Solid South
True/False ___ Both parties were accused of voting
corruption during the election of 1876.
True
True/False ___ The Republicans' heavy-handed effort to
control the South created a powerful block of voters who would oppose them for almost a century.
True