Author Question: The basic cause of the economic depression in 1873 was: A) the collapse of the stock market. B) ... (Read 79 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan refers to the percentage of:

A) Southern voters who had to take loyalty oaths to establish a new government in each state.
B) Republicans in Congress who supported his plan.
C) Army troops that would stay in the South after the war.
D) confiscated property to be returned to slave owners.

Question 2

Rutherford B. Hayes' election to the presidency in 1876 meant the:

A) continuation of federal military occupation of the South.
B) beginning of active federal involvement in regulating the economy.
C) nullification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the Civil Rights Act.
D) solidification of Republican rule of the South.

Question 3

An electoral crisis developed in the Election of 1876 as a result of:

A) the death of the Republican nominee.
B) widespread voter fraud.
C) Democratic refusal to accept a Republican lead in the vote.
D) disputed electoral returns from Ohio and New York.

Question 4

The basic cause of the economic depression in 1873 was:

A) the collapse of the stock market.
B) rising farm prices.
C) commercial overexpansion and speculation.
D) global inflation.