What were the issues supported by the Democratic Party in the Gilded Age?
lowering tariffs, transcontinental railroad
civil rights, encouraged economic growth
policies for the nation as a whole, governments an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
states' rights, decentralization, limited government, local and small government
What were the issues supported by the Republican Party in the Gilded Age?
states' rights, decentralization, limited, small, and local government
policies for the nation as a whole, civil rights, encouraged economic growth
lowered tariffs, transcontinental railroad
government's an instrument to promote moral progress and material wealth
The Wabash Case of 1886 (Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois) gave states the rights to regulate railroads.
Rutherford B. Hayes' accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1876-1880)
ending military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite his veto,
Union army hero, longtime member of Congress, foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
reversed Latin America foreign policy, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
James A. Garfield's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1880-1881)
ended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison Silver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
1st Democratic president since 1861, continued naval construction, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
reversed foreign policies in Latin America, approved construction of modern American navy, lowered tariffs, Pendleton Act
Union army hero and longtime member of Congress, adopted foreign policies in Latin America, began construction of modern American navy
Chester A. Arthur's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1881-1884)
Union army hero and longtime member of Congress, began construction of modern American navy, adopted foreign policies in Latin America
1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, cattle, and lumber companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land, lowered tariffs
Grover Cleveland's accomplishments as president during the Gilded Age included....(1884-1888)
ended military reconstruction, reform in civil services, Bland Allison SIlver Purchase Act was passed despite president's veto
1st Democratic president since 1861, continued construction of modern American navy, forced railroad, lumber, and cattle companies to surrender fraudulently occupied land
What were some of the laws passed by the Republican controlled Congress in 1890?
McKinley Tariff Act- raised tariffs by 4% Dependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses
Dependent Pensions Act- granted pensions to Union army vets, widows, children Pendleton Act- reform civil services
Interstate Commerce Commision- investigate and oversee railroad activities Sherman Antitrust Act- regulate big businesses Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage
Sherman Silver Purchase Act- buy silver monthly, issue treasury notes as payment Bland Allison Act - limited form of silver coinage Federal Elections Bill- protect Black voting rights
Major complaints of the Populist Party included droughts, mortgages, rising crop prices, rising railroad prices for shipment, and the crop lien system, otherwise known as the "anaconda system".
The Ocala Platform of the Populist Party believed in.....
creation of "sub-treasury system" which would allow farmers to store crops in government warehouses and in return, the government could claim treasury notes for up to 80% of local value of the crops
free coinage of silver, federal income tax
end to protective tariffs and national banks, direct election of senators by the voters
tighter regulation of railroad companies
What role did the Populist Party play in the 1892 elections?
adopted half of the Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than 2 million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
adopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
ignored Ocala Platform demands, elected Leonidas L. Polk who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive almost a million popular votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
adopted Ocala Platform demands, elected James B. Weaver who was the first 3rd party candidate to receive more than a million electoral votes, elected governors in Kansas and North Dakota, 10 congressmen, 5 senators, and about 1,500 members of state legislatures
What were some of the difficulties faced by the second Cleveland administration?
15,000+ plus closed businesses, 600+ closed banks
economy expanded too fast and resulted in economic crisis, companies overbuilt, farms and businesses borrowed heavily
Panic of 1893, stock market crash, "Industrial Black Friday" on May 5, 1893
Coxey's Army, Pullman Strike, unemployment, miner problems
What was Grover Cleveland's response to the Depression on 1893?
repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act
passed the Sherman SIlver Purchase Act, bought 4 bonds
Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, sold 2 bonds, bought 2 bonds
repealed the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, sold 4 bonds, Pendleton Act
How did women and children enter the workforce following the Depression of 1893?
laundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators, clerks, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
military, factories, businesses, telegraph and telephone operators
nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, farming, shoe shining, peddling
military, factories, businesses, nurses, teachers, stenographers, typists, textile mills, laundresses, cleaners, domestics, offices, factories, telegraph and telephone operators
Why did women and children enter the work force following the Depression of 1893?
husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet, more families were working to earn money for luxuries
husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
depression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers lost their jobs, families needed to make ends meet
depression made the trend more popular, husbands/fathers wanted their wives and children to work
American literature in the 1870's began to lean more towards realism, naturalism, while still reflecting moods of romanticism-sentimental and unrealistic. Later on, American literature rejected escapism and_________ for realism to portray life as it really was.
naturalism
industrialism
pragmatism
romanticism
Horatio Alger was a famous author who wrote....
"Ben Hur"
lessons/books on business and life
books about life in the South
guides to relationships between people
Famous authors who wrote realism literature include.....
Anna Sewell, Horatio Alger
Louisa May Alcott
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain, William Dean Howells
Which best describes the Republicans campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
let people come to him, press, appealed to labor, immigrants, farmers, businessmen and middle class, defended economic nationalism and advancing urban-industrial society
promote economic growth, regulate effects of industrialization, free silver coinage
graduated income tax, crop loans to farmers, secret ballot, direct election of senators by voters, vanished after 1896
came to the people, enchanted them with the "older America", new "merchandising" style in which he worked to educate and persuade voters, drew on Jeffersonian tradition or rural virtue, distrust of central authority, abiding faith in the powers of human reason
Which best describes the Democratic campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
Which best describes the Populist campaign strategies in the 1896 elections?
During the McKinley administration, the economy fell, stock market fell, factory production decreases, farmers suffered and the Dingley Tariff was passed, which raised tariffs to a record level
What was the result of the elections of 1900?
McKinley-President Bryan-Vice
Bryan-President Theodore Roosevelt-Vice
Theodore Roosevelt-President Bryan-Vice
McKinley-President Theodore Roosevelt-Vice
