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Name______________ Period______________ Date_______________ Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26 1) How did William “Boss” Tweed’s feat of swindling the public with kickbacks explain how the urban political machine worked during the Gilded Age (18651896)? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ This explains the urban political machine as being corrupt and misguided because the rich were _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ almost secluded by jail time and people in the machine favored them. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2) Elaborate how Tammany Hall politicians could always fall back upon fraud in order to get votes during the Gilded Age (1865-1896). _____________________________________________________________________ They could always fall back on fraud because there wasnt a better system that could detect fraud _____________________________________________________________________ and so since they couldnt do much to find out they just got away with it. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3) Describe the ideology Gilded Age Republican politicians favored for their parties. Gilded Age politicians favored their parties because that was the party that they were going to get _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ the most votes from and the party that they supported _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4) Describe the ideology Gilded Age Democrat politicians favored for their parties. _____________________________________________________________________ Gilded Age politicians favored the democratic parties because that was the best party that they _____________________________________________________________________ supported and they would get the most votes from. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 5) Point out the main similarity between the two political parties of the Democrats and Republicans during the Gilded Age (1865-1896). Both parties which are the Democrats and Republicans were both pro business which meant they _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ both supported the growth of businesses. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 6) What was the unintended effect of the Civil Service Act of 1883? Pendleton Act outlawed compulsory campaign contributions from federal employees, _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ established the Civil Service Commission to handle appointments to federal jobs and rely on _____________________________________________________________________ examinations, not patronage. _____________________________________________________________________ 7) Outline how the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 was a failure. _____________________________________________________________________

Sherman Act was invoked only rarely against industrial monopolies, and then not successfully, chiefly because of

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narrow judicial interpretations of what constitutes trade or commerce among states. _____________________________________________________________________

8) How were Jim Crow Laws biased against African Americans? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ They made loopholes saying that if your grandfather was able to vote you were allowed to vote but _____________________________________________________________________ of_____________________________________________________________________ course African Americans weren't allowed to because their grandparents didn't _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 9) Why was the Grange Movement formed by farmers in the 1870s? It_____________________________________________________________________ was created to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in _____________________________________________________________________ the United States. _____________________________________________________________________ 10) Explain the advantages the Grange Movement created for the Farmers Alliance. _____________________________________________________________________ It was able to assist farmers with purchasing machinery, building grain elevators, lobbying for _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ government regulation of railroad shipping fees and providing a support network for farm families. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 11) List a few of the reforms that the People’s Party, aka the Populists, achieved. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ bimetallism, a graduated income tax, direct election of Senators, a shorter workweek, and the establishment of a ____________________________________________________________________ postal savings system. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 12) Spell out the demographic that added to the voting power of the Populists in the 1890s. _____________________________________________________________________ It_____________________________________________________________________ was agrarian based demographic that added to the voting power of the populists _____________________________________________________________________ 13) Rationalize the problem of the Populists Party platform around the free coinage of silver. _____________________________________________________________________ The problem with free silver that if the make more it would lose it's value and people would end _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ up having to pay more than what they used too. _____________________________________________________________________ 14) Give reasons why Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan was the bestknown Populist candidate in the Election of 1896. _____________________________________________________________________ He was the best known candidate because he firmly supported the free coinage of silver and he was _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ also democrat so people would be able to see a real candidate _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Copyright Roger Morante 2018 All Rights Reserved PROMOTIONAL Item...