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Question 1

Which of the following best describes the Greenback Party of the 1870s?
 
  A) It was a party that fought for labor reform and greater economic equality.
  B) It was a political party that represented the laissez-faire philosophy of conservative industrialists.
  C) It was a political party that exploited people's dissatisfaction with the Populist Party.
  D) It was a political party that attracted supporters only in the Midwest.

Question 2

Why were New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Indiana key states in national elections?
 
  A) Those states possessed 75 percent of the nation's electoral votes.
  B) The Republican Party garnered 80 percent of the votes in those states.
  C) Those states were evenly contested between the Democrats and Republicans.
  D) All members of the Supreme Court came from one of those four states.

Question 3

Which statement best describes presidential elections in the period between 1876 and 1900?
 
  A) Men participated actively and regularly in elections and campaigns.
  B) Many men began to call for women's suffrage so that political activism would increase.
  C) New immigrants rarely voted because they felt alienated from the process.
  D) Elections received little interest in small towns of the Midwest.

Question 4

Between 1876 and 1900, voter turnout in presidential elections averaged __________ percent of eligible voters.
 
  A) 25
  B) 50
  C) 75
  D) 80



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