Author Question: The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be ... (Read 37 times)

maychende · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The consolidation of Republican power and eclipse of the Populists after the 1896 elections can be attributed to

a. eastern labor's opposition to free silver.
b. the return of general economic prosperity.
c. the decline of middle-class values.
d. the relative decline of rural America in relation to the cities.
e. increasing levels of voter participation in national elections.

Question 2

Despite his suspicions of the federal government, Andrew Jackson's Democratic political party

a. offered support of a strong central government directing economic affairs.
b. advocated strongly for the enactment of Henry Clay's American System.
c. favored using the U.S. Army to restrict westward and southern American settlement into Indian areas.
d. created the spoils system in the federal government.
e. asserted conviction of the need for the best and the brightest in government.