Democrats

Question 1

Who said: "No leaders, no principles; no principles, no parties"?
A) William McKinley
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Grover Cleveland

Answer 1

C) Woodrow Wilson

Question 2

The Democrats controlled the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ during the Gilded Age.
A) saloons
B) Senate
C) House of Representatives
D) settlement houses

Answer 2

C) House of Representatives

Question 3

What word can describe Gilded Age politics between the Republicans and Democrats?
A) dandy
B) stalemated
C) progressive
D) supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Answer 3

B) stalemated

Question 4

When a delegation of Protestant ministers was visiting Republican headquarters in NY, what were the Democrats referred to as?
A) the party of “rum, Romanism, and rebellion”
B) the life of the party
C) Radicals
D) The Grand Old Party

Answer 4

A) the party of “rum, Romanism, and rebellion”

Question 5

What was Cleveland’s response to the Depression of 1893?
A) settlement houses
B) put more money in circulation
C) repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act
D) uniting the Democratic party

Answer 5

C) repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Question 6

Grover Cleveland in the mid-1980s, when attempting to address the currency issue, created an irreparable division in the Democratic party. What were the two sides called?
A) Silverbugs and Goldens
B) Silverados and Goldrushers
C) Shiny and Shinier
D) Silverites and Goldbugs

Answer 6

D) Silverites and Goldbugs