chapter 15 quiz 3 review

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