Chapter 20: Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900

This late 19^th century political party wanted greater federal government intervention in the economy and a federal income tax. Farmers unite behind this third party! Who was it?

Populist Party

According to the allegory and analysis, match the term to an answer:

two-metal plan

Yellow Brick Road

According to the allegory and analysis, match the term to an answer:

President

Wizard of Oz

According to the allegory and analysis, match the term to an answer:

American Farmer

Scarecrow

According to the allegory and analysis, match the term to an answer:

Coxey’s Army

the march to Oz

According to the allegory and analysis, match the term to an answer:

William Jennings Bryan

Cowardly Lion

Which of the following contributed to the demise of the Populist Party?

the discovery of gold in Alaska

The Farmers’ Alliance was inclusive of which of the following?

African Americans and women

Which scandal embodied the political corruption of the Gilded Age?

Crédit Mobilier

Railroad rates that favored big business over small farmers spurred the creation of what regulatory agency?

Interstate Commerce Commission

The Populist Party grew out of agricultural cooperatives and which organization?

Farmers' Alliance

Which of the following was a problem for American farmers in the late 19^th century?

high tariffs & overproduction

Coxey’s Army marched on Washington DC to do what?

request federal government jobs

Although found unconstitutional, Granger Laws did what?

regulated railroad rates

A major cause of the Depression of 1893 was

speculation on railroads

Which political party relied on the bloody shirt campaign, smearing the other party as traitors to the Union?

Republican Party

The Patrons of Husbandry or commonly known as the Grange was a

cooperative for farmers

What caused the “Great Betrayal” and ended Reconstruction?

Compromise of 1877

What was a major problems in the cities?

inadequate housing and poor sanitation

Which of the following was a national issue in the 1870s through the 1890s?

tariffs, patronage, fight over metals

Who coined the term the “Gilded Age”?

Mark Twain

A major reform against the “spoils system” was the

Pendleton Civil Service Act

Which statement is correct regarding the office of the presidency in the late 19th century?

There was a series of weak presidents who won less than 50 percent of the popular vote.

Who supported the Democrats and terrorized black voters in the South?

Redshirts

What was the legacy of the Populist Party?

a reformist movement to increase state and federal government activism