PRESIDENTS - MAKING OF A SUPERPOWER EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS

PRESIDENTS - MAKING OF A
SUPERPOWER EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
James A Garfield (dates) - ANSWER-1881-81
Republican

James A Garfield (FP) - ANSWER-1. Treaty of Washington - Us&GB relations
improved 1881
2. Start of Geronimo's War' (Indian Question)

Chester A Arthur (dates) - ANSWER-1881-85
Republican

Chester A Arthur (Politics) - ANSWER-1. Contract Labour law 1885
2. Congress passes Edmunds Act, which excludes bigamists and polygamists from
voting and holding office and establishes a 5 man "Utah Commission" to supervise
voting in the territory of Utah 1882

Chester A Arthur (society) - ANSWER-Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

Chester A Arthur (FP) - ANSWER-1. France presents the Statue of Liberty to US
1884
2. The US and Mexico concluded a convention on their shared territorial boundary
1884

Chester A Arthur (Economics) - ANSWER-1. Mongrel Tariff Act passes 1883
2. High protective Tariffs
3. 1882 Rockefeller Established Standard Oil Trust (85% of world's refineries)

Grover Cleveland 1st term (dates) - ANSWER-Democrat
1885-89

Grover Cleveland 1 (politics) - ANSWER-1. Presidential Succession Act 1886
2. Pledge to root out corruption and spoil system

Grover Cleveland 1 (society) - ANSWER-1. Chinese Exclusion Act renewed 1888
2. Haymarket Square bombing 1886
3. Oklahoma Land Rush 1889
4. Cleveland signs the Dawes General Allotment Act 1887

Grover Cleveland 1 (economics) - ANSWER-1. Promise of low tariffs
2. The limits of laissez faire - Carter Adams - published in 1887
3. AMF established; TU which backs Woodrow Wilson 1887

, Grover Cleveland 1 (FP) - ANSWER-1. Final Surrender of Geronimo and end of the
Apache Wars 1886
2. 2m acres of Indian Territory set aside for the Oklahoma Land Rush

Benjamin Harrison (dates) - ANSWER-Republican
1889-93

Benjamin Harrison (politics) - ANSWER-1. North and South Dakota join as 39th and
40th states 1889
2. Washington and Montana join as 41st and 42nd states 1889
3. Idaho and Wyoming 43rd and 44th states

Benjamin Harrison (society) - ANSWER-1. Anti-lottery bill signed into law in 1890
2. Immigrants in US reach 10 million 1890
3. Demands for lower tariffs from farmers and currency reform - precursor to
Populists

Benjamin Harrison (FP) - ANSWER-1. Sioux Ghost Dance Rebellion crushed at
Wounded Knee Creek 1890
2. Chile threatened with military intervention unless on indemnity paid 1892

Benjamin Harrison (economics) - ANSWER-1. Sherman Anti-Trust Acts
2. Turner Thesis published 1893
3. Dedicate to high protective tariff in US history (over 50%) 1890
4. 200k miles of rail track in the US by 1893
5. Carnegie Steel Company - Steel empire consolidated in 1892 (1st billion dollar
company)

Ulysses S. Grant (politics) - ANSWER-1. Redeemers
2. Colfax Massacre
3. Amnesty Act 1872
4. Civil Rights Act 1875
5. Pork Barrel Politics

Ulysses S. Grant (society) - ANSWER-1. The sioux
2. Solid South
3. Tammany Hall
4. Orange Riots (NY/Chicago)

Ulysses S. Grant (FP) - ANSWER-1. Manifest Destiny
2. Westward Expansion
3. Indian Question
4. Canada

Ulysses S. Grant (economics) - ANSWER-1. The panic of 1873
2. Tweed Ring
3. Gold ring
4. Cartels and trusts
5. Great Railroad Strike 1877
6. Laissez-faire