Author Question: As president, Rutherford B. Hayes A. helped to unify Republicans and Democrats. B. promised to ... (Read 33 times)

kaid0807 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the South during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century,

A. the southern share of national manufacturing doubled.

B. southerners became more dependent on agriculture than ever.

C. most industrial growth came from coal mining.

D. per capita income fell sharply.

E. the average income reached 80 percent of that in the North.

Question 2

After Reconstruction, political power under southern Redeemers

A. increased state services for the poor.

B. typically relied on raising taxes for its funding.

C. helped consolidate the Solid South for the Republican Party.

D. was very often restricted and conservative.

E. ignored the interests of industrialists.

Question 3

During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, southern agriculture

A. saw the great majority of farmers live under the tenant system.

B. saw a significant diversification of its crops.

C. saw a deceleration of the processes begun in the postwar years.

D. regained the profitability it had had prior to the Civil War.

E. saw a decline in absentee ownership of farmland.

Question 4

As president, Rutherford B. Hayes

A. helped to unify Republicans and Democrats.

B. promised to take the South back from the Redeemers.

C. called for a modest expansion of Reconstruction programs.

D. promised to serve only one term.

E. refused to make political compromises with Democrats.