Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869-1896

AP US History Name______Period______Chapter Study Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869- 23 Guide 1896

Terms and Names: Define each term with complete sentences, using your own words

A. Fisk and Gould I. Civil Rights Act of 1875 B. Boss Tweed J. Crop-lien system C. Credit Mobilier scandal K. Jim Crow laws D. Whiskey Ring L. Kearneyites E. George Washington Plunkett M. Mugwumps F. Patronage N. McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 G. Roscoe Conkling/Stalwarts O. Grandfather clause H. Blaine/Half-Breeds P. Homestead Strike of 1892

Short Answer: Carefully answer each question in paragraph form using information from the text.

1. Describe the presidential election of 1868, including the candidates, the party platforms, the electoral outcome, and the phrase, “waving the bloody shirt.” 2. What was Grant’s role in Fisk and Gould’s plot that culminated in “Black Friday”? 3. What prompted the founding of the Liberal Republican party? Describe the ensuing election of 1872 and the candidates, platforms and outcome. 4. What did the “agitation caused by the Liberal Republican Party prompt the regular Republican Party to do? Support with specific examples. 5. Outline the causes and effects of the Panic of 1873. 6. Describe the two sides (“Cheap money”/inflation vs. “hard money”) of the monetary question. 7. Describe the general state of politics in the Gilded Age, including the issues, voter turnout, reasons for extreme party loyalty, and regional party patterns. (page 509-10) 8. What happened in the election of 1876 and how was it solved. Outline the terms of the Compromise of 1877. Why did it spell the end of Reconstruction? 9. How did individual southern states and the Supreme Court disfranchise and segregate blacks in the 1890’s? 10. Describe the class conflict in 1877. Why did it occur? What was the outcome? What did this reveal? 11. What were the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? Why did Congress pass such a measure? 12. What was the ironic outcome of Garfield’s assassination? (Hint: “Ironic” because Arthur was a stalwart.) 13. What were the outcomes (intentional and unintentional) of the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883? 14. Explain the significance of the following taunts used in the 1884 presidential campaign: “Burn, burn, burn this letter.” & “Ma, ma, where’s my pa?” 15. What issues faced Cleveland and had did he handle each of them? (i.e. Civil service reform, military pensions, the tariff issue, etc…) 16. What was THE ISSUE of the 1888 election? The outcome? 17. Why did the Populists form? What did they demand in their “Omaha platform”? Candidate? Outcome? Where (and why) did they fail to gain support? 18. What were the causes and effects of the Panic of 1893? List some details of its impact on the nation? 19. What cause did William Jennings Bryan champion? 20. How did J. P. Morgan help the president and the nation? 21. Why were the Gilded Age presidents known as the “forgettable presidents?”