History quiz

Exercises on the Old Republic - with feedback

Question 01 - UVA 2012.2 - CG - The statement "The political system whose focus of power is located in the States, under the hegemony of the economically strongest, liberal in its form, oligarchic in terms of effective functioning" refers, in Brazil:
A. to the Estado Novo.
B. to Populism.
C. to the New Republic.
D. to the Old Republic.

Question 02 - INEP - 2010 - ENEM - PPL - For friends bread, for enemies stick; Justice is done to friends, law is applied to enemies.
LEAL, V N.
Coronelismo o, hoe and vote. São Paulo:Alfa Omega. This discourse, typical of the historical context of the Old Republic and used by political leaders, expresses a reality characterized
a) by the political strength of bureaucrats of the nascent republican state, who used their prerogatives to control and dominate the power in the municipalities.
b) for the political control of the landowners in the interior of the country, who sought, through their electoral corrals, to weaken the nascent Brazilian bourgeoisie.
c) for the bossiness of the oligarchies in the interior of Brazil, which used different welfare and favoritism mechanisms to guarantee the control of votes.
d) by the political dominance of groups linked to the old monarchic institutions and that did not find space for political ascension in the nascent republic.
e) by the armed political alliance between the oligarchies of the North and Northeast of Brazil, which would guarantee an alternation in the federal power of presidents from these regions.

Question 03 - UVA 2005.1 - The Old Republic, throughout its history, must be seen, in fact, as the expression of an oligarchic State. The predominance of elites after the fall of the Monarchy is explained, ultimately, as a result of the persistence of dominant conditions during the monarchy, especially economic and social ones, without structural changes altering the picture of national reality. Read the alternatives below, and write T in the true sentences and F in the false sentences.
( ) The "coffee with milk policy" was an alliance between the Minas Gerais and São Paulo oligarchies.
( ) The Old Republic it was characterized by the exclusive government of the military, being therefore called the Republic of the Sword.
( ) "Halt vote" was the name given to the open vote, a system by which voters were obliged to publicly declare their candidate , being subject to the pressures of the "colonels".
( ) At the beginning of the 1920s, social discontent grew against the traditional oligarchic system that dominated Brazilian political power.
The correct sequence, from top to low, is:
A. V, F, V, V
B. F, V, F, F
C. F, V, F, V
D. V, F, V, F

Question 04 - MACKENZIE 2003 - Thus, with the Pact in force, there was little point in winning at the polls, it was also necessary to win in the Minutes, where the opposition's “sticking” normally took place. The local power, owner of the votes, gained strength.
Leonardo Trevisan The text describes the electoral context of a period of Brazilian history. Identify it. a) Populist Phase, period of great mobilization of the urban masses.
b) Imperial Period, elections rigged by the practice of violence and liberals and conservatives.
c) Old Republic, marked by the halter vote and pressure colonels on the electorate.
d) New Republic and the influence of the media, overcoming the parties to the formation of public opinion.
e) Leading years of the military dictatorship, indirect elections and political control through the bipartisanship.

Question 05 - Mackenzie 2004/2 - A quality that only the social right to education could provide was required for political citizenship and, at the same time, this right was unknown. It was a liberal order, but profoundly undemocratic and resistant to democratization efforts.
José Murilo de Carvalho The Old Republic (1894-1930), in relation to the political participation of citizens, determined:
a) the choice of a republican model based on North American molds, which guaranteed the defense of individual freedom, expressed in the census vote.
b) the project of a liberal republic of coffee growers, which, in order to become effective, needed the support of the other Social classes. The vote was extended to the entire Brazilian people.
c) the formulation of a republic that would guarantee the individual rights of all its citizens, without distinction, evidenced in the elimination of the census vote.
d) the perpetuation of social injustice and the privileges of oligarchic sectors. The popular vote was manipulated by the dominant groups.
e) the elimination of the census vote and the adoption of the universal vote, which significantly increased the percentage of voters in this period.


b>Question 06 - Mackenzie 2005/2 - Hoe handle thickens the hands... Pen and pencil are very delicate tools(...). Read what? Write what? But now it is necessary, the election is coming and the enlistment earns the esteem of the boss and we become a person.
Mário Palmério – Vila dos Confins The text recalls the political context characteristic of the Old Republic, whose origins, in part, can be attributed
a) to the electoral system, based on census voting, usually practiced since the times of the Empire.
b) to the political dominance of the oligarchies and the control they exercised over the rural and urban masses that depended on them economically.
c) Tenentismo, which supported the physiologism and the policy of exchanging favors installed by the oligarchic regime.
d) an always peaceful policy practiced by the colonels, who garnered solid support from the masses rural areas.
e) the non-elitist character of the political process, which met popular demands, expanding their organization and mobilization.

Question 07 - UVA 2010.1 - During the Old Republic, the stability of governments ended up being ensured by the validity of the governors' policy. In practice, this policy translated:
A. in the replacement of elected governors by military interveners, committed to a policy of balance between the States.
B. in the alternation between São Paulo and Minas Gerais in the control of the Federal Government.
C. in the economic attributions granted to state governments by the Constitution of 1891.
D. in the commitment of mutual support signed between the federal, state and municipal political leaders.

Question 08 - PUCRS 2007.2 - INSTRUCTION:Answer the question based on the statements about the Old Republic (Oligarchic).
I. The consolidation of the Oligarchic Republic of Brazil was completed with the succession of Prudente de Morais by Getúlio Vargas.
II. To harmonize the Executive and Legislative powers, Campos Sales conceived a political arrangement known as the “governors' policy”.
III. In the first years of the Oligarchic Republic, the Brazilian financial crisis was serious, causing the negotiation of the Brazilian debt (funding loan).
IV. The Oligarchic Republic materialized the positivist ideal, that is, the decrease in the autonomy of the states of the federation.
28) Only
A) I and II.
B) I and IV.
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D) III and IV.
E) I, II and III.

Question 09 - UECE-CEV - 2018 - SEDUC-CE - Professor - History - Considering the economy in Brazil during the Old Republic, tick the true statement.
A) It was characterized by the wide variety of products that were fundamental to the country's export agenda, especially the agricultural production of soy, cotton and meat.
br />B) It was based on the large production of coffee, the biggest export product, which enriched the agrarian elites of the southeast of the country, making them holders of political power.
C) Established in the industrialization practiced in the Empire from the Visconde Mauá's investments, had in rural production a mainstay for the industry in the region of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
D) It was in crisis since the end of the Empire with the fall in coffee production after the Lei Áurea, which caused disagreements between the farmers and the government, making the beginning of the republic troubled.

Question 10 - UNIFOR - 2001.1 - Coffee production was the center of the Brazilian economy during the so-called Old Republic. In view of this, different governments of the period gave official support to coffee growing. In 1906, an agreement was signed between the producers and the government in the well-known Convention of Taubaté, which determined
(A) the introduction of more modern techniques of production and processing of coffee, raising productivity and increasing its competitiveness.
(B) the establishment of production quotas to solve the crisis of overproduction, and consequently, the devaluation.
(C) the control of the prices of the product in the international market, forcing them down and propitiating the diffusion of its consumption.
(D) the limitation of government loans granted to coffee growers, as a mechanism to balance the production/consumption ratio.
(E) the artificial valorization of coffee, through the intervention of power central, which guaranteed the permanent purchase of surpluses.


Question 11 - Mackenzie 2018/ Morning -“Hoe handle thickens the hands - the rawhide noose, ax and sickle too. Pen and pencil are very delicate tools. The work is different:heavy toil, from sunrise to sunset, in the fields and in the corrals(...) What to read? Write what? But now it's necessary:​​the election is coming and the enlistment earns the boss's esteem, we become a person”.
PALMÉRIO, Mário. Vila dos Confins. Rio de Janeiro:José Olympio Ed., 1989. According to the reading of the text above, consider the following statements regarding aspects of the Old Republic in Brazil. I. The oligarchic predominance, based on the exchange of favors between the various instances of power, aimed, above all, at fighting the focuses of social tension and political opposition, represented in the various forms of organization of rural workers at that time. II. The electoral campaign, undertaken by the local political leaders, was intended to reach, mainly, urban workers who were already literate and less brutalized by the “heavy toil”, since those in the rural area, intimidated by physical violence, ended up voting according to the will. of the "colonels". III. The transformation that took place in rural workers, at the time of the elections, represented the mark of a political system based on the strength of local bosses over their subordinates, imposing their candidates on them and exempting them, only on that occasion, from the work that “thickened their hands” (p. ”. Tick ​​the correct statement. a) I is correct only. b) II is correct only. c) III is correct only. d) I and II are correct only. e) I and III are only correct.

Question 12 - UNITAU 1995 - The germ of the oligarchic crisis in the Old Republic is found in industrialization and the growth of urban life, which gave rise to:
a) new social and political forces.
b) the military regime.
>c) the influence of external political values, coming with the immigrants.
d) the insertion of Brazil as a priority of the international communist revolution.
e) the large urban peripheries formed by immigrants coming from the interior.
e) the large urban peripheries formed by immigrants from the interior.
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Question 13 - UNITAU 1995 - The decline of the oligarchies, in the final period of the Old Republic, had as a counterpoint the emergence of social segments identified with the urban way of life. Indicate them:
a) Industrial bourgeoisie, urban middle classes and working class.
b) Unions, associations and recreational guilds.
c) Rural bourgeoisie, military classes and working class.
c) Rural bourgeoisie, military classes and working class.
/>d) The state bureaucracy, the clergy and the people.
e) The immigrants, the industrial bourgeoisie and the clergy.

Question 14 - UDESC 2010 - Traditionally, the term República Velha was coined to identify the period from 1889 to 1930. Regarding the characteristics of this period and other underlying issues, mark T (true) for true propositions and F (false) for false ones.
( ) The first two governments of the recently inaugurated Brazilian Republic were military.
( ) With the new regime, divergences arose both in the military and in the civil environment. In the civil environment, disputes took place, above all, in the ideological field between three currents:liberalism, Jacobinism and positivism.
( ) It can be said that the governments of the period known as the Old Republic implemented far-reaching social measures, benefiting Brazilian society as a whole and aiming to end the country's social inequalities.
( ) The Brazil of the so-called Old Republic was a country, above all, rural; agriculture remained the main economic activity.
( ) During the period known as República Velha, São Paulo and Minas Gerais alternated in the Presidency of the Republic; this relay became known as the “coffee with milk policy”.
Check the alternative that contains the correct sequence, from top to bottom.
A) F – V – V – F – V
B) V – V – F – V – V
C) V – F – F – V – V
D) V – V – F – V – F
E) V – V – V – V – V

Question 15 - TJ-SC - 2011 - In the final period of the Old Republic, the worsening of the economic crisis, the outbreak of revolts and military uprisings, the growth of urban social strata, in addition to the intensification of political conflicts due to the progressive division of the dominant oligarchies form the set of factors that provoked the :
a) Revolution of 1930
b) Juliana Republic
c) Farroupilha Revolution
d) Contestado War
e) Armada Revolt

Question 16 - CFTMG 2005 - About the Old Republic (1889-1930), it is correct to say that
a) it promoted the decline of local power, through the control of the electoral process.
b) it strengthened the power of governors to guarantee the political stability among regional oligarchies.
c) transformed the state Legislative Assemblies into an instrument aimed at encouraging regional industrialization.
d) restored the balance of national finances compromised by the financial crisis caused by the abolition of slavery.
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01 - D
02 - C
03 - A
04 - C
05 - D
06 - B
07 - D
08 - C
09 - B
10 - E
11 - C
12 - A
13 - A
14 - B
15 - A
16 - B