quiz 4

Question 1

luxury car

Answer 1

Pullman Palace car

Question 2

helps a train stop

Answer 2

Airbrakes

Question 3

invents AC generator

Answer 3

Tesla - AC

Question 4

edison vs westinghouse

Answer 4

War of the Currents

Question 5

Mail order catalog

Answer 5

Sears Roebuck

Question 6

popular amusement park for the time period

Answer 6

Coney Island

Question 7

circus. “the greatest show on earth”

Answer 7

The Ringling Brothers

Question 8

wild west show. brought rodeos

Answer 8

Buffalo Bill

Question 9

President that was plagues by many office seekers

Answer 9

J. Garfield - R

Question 10

Office seeker

Answer 10

person that would beg for a government office job in front of the white house

Question 11

invented by Bell to find the bullet that was shot into president Garfield

Answer 11

Metal Detector

Question 12

vice president that becomes president after Garfield’s assassination

Answer 12

Arthur - R

Question 13

Put into place after presidential assassination to reform the civil service act. Gets rid of the spoils system

Answer 13

Pendleton Act

Question 14

American nickname that people called dollar bills because of their color

Answer 14

Greenbacks

Question 15

“the silver state”

Answer 15

Nevada

Question 16

Act that requires the US government to buy 4 and a half million ounces of silver every month

Answer 16

Sherman Silver Purchase Act

Question 17

“ma, ma, where’s my pa?”

Answer 17

Slogan in Blaine - R presidential campaign

Question 18

had an illegitimate child. does not marry the woman but provides financial support. wins the election. 1884. campaign slogan: “at the white house, hahaha”

Answer 18

Cleveland - D

Question 19

Wins presidential election and becomes 23rd president. loses popular vote but wins the electoral vote

Answer 19

Harrison - R

Question 20

third party established by farmers

Answer 20

Populist Party/People’s Party

Question 21

Harrison vs Cleveland vs Weaver

Answer 21

1892 election

Question 22

• first president to serve 2 non- consecutive terms
• wins popular & electoral vote

Answer 22

Cleveland

Question 23

Protest march on Washington

Answer 23

Coxey - Tramp’s March

Question 24

nickname if you favored gold

Answer 24

Goldbug

Question 25

nickname if you favored silver

Answer 25

Silverite

Question 26

campaigns at home from Ohio because his wife suffers from seizures. becomes 25th president

(pro-business)

Answer 26

McKinley - R

Question 27

campaigns nationwide.

(pro-labor)

Answer 27

Bryan - D

Question 28

dirtiest campaign in presidential history’

Answer 28

Jackson vs Quincy

Question 29

Annie Oakley & JoJo the dog face boy

Answer 29

part of the Ringling brothers circus show

Question 30

President that climbed out the window to escape office seekers

Answer 30

Van Buren

Question 31

Which office seeker shot Garfield?

Answer 31

Gatow

Question 32

Which piece of legislation, enacted in 1897, significantly increased tariff rates on imported goods in the United States, aiming to protect domestic industries by imposing high duties on foreign products?

Answer 32

Dingley Tariff

Question 33

What famous lode, discovered in the 1850s in Nevada, became one of the richest silver mining deposits in the United States and contributed to the economic growth of the region during the 19th century?

Answer 33

Comstock Lode