Gilded Age Politics
This term was used to describe the late 1800s as a time of wealth covering deep corruption.
What is the Gilded Age?
This scandal involved railroad companies overcharging taxpayers and the government.
What is the Credit Mobilier scandal?
Suggested the wealthy had been selected to rule and have power because they were more "fit".
What is Social Darwinism?
He invented the telephone.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
Who won the 1896 election: William McKinley or William Jennings Bryan?
Who was William McKinley?
Workers often used this tactic to demand better pay and working conditions.
What are strikes?
These were former slaves who headed out west to take advantage of land & flee the South.
Bonus* Name the leader of this group.
Who were Exodusters?
Who was Benjamin "Pap" Singleton?
His assassination in 1881 helped lead to civil service reform.
Who was James A. Garfield?
This Gilded Age scandal involved federal officials taking bribes from liquor distillers.
What is the Whiskey Ring Scandal?
A theory that the economy does better without government intervention in business.
What is Laissez-faire?
He dominated the oil industry with Standard Oil.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
This political party wanted government ownership of railroads and free silver.
What was the Populist Party?
DAILY DOUBLE
He was the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Who was Samuel Gompers?
Two tactics that were to prohibit African Americans from voting in elections.
What are poll taxes & literacy tests?
This party was generally supported by farmers and rural voters in the Gilded Age.
What were the Democrats?
This was an attempt to break up monopolies, but was seldom enforced.
What is Sherman Antitrust Act?
Which process made steel cheaper and stronger.
What is the Bessemer Process?
He made his fortune in railroads and shipping.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
A monetary system in which a government recognizes coins composed of both gold or silver as legal tender.
What is Bimetallism?
Business owners and government usually responded to strikes by doing this.
What is sending police, courts, or troops to break them?
A surprise attack on US troops by over 2500 warriors led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
What is the Battle of Little Big Horn?
This party was generally supported by business leaders and urban voters in the Gilded Age.
What were Republicans?
DAILY DOUBLE
This 1887 law attempted to regulate railroad shipping rates.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
Provide an example of horizontal integration and vertical integration.
Up to Ms. Dinwiddie
He invented the phonograph and improved the lightbulb.
Who was Thomas Edison?
The Populist Party represented the interests of these two groups.
Who were farmers and workers?
This 1886 labor rally in Chicago turned violent after a bomb was thrown.
What was the Haymarket Riot?
350 starving Sioux, who were gathered to perform the Ghost Dance, were killed by soldiers.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
This practice gave government jobs to political supporters, friends, and family without them being qualified for the position.
What is the spoils system?
Which President did the Gold Ring, Whiskey Ring, and Credit Mobilier scandals occur under?
Carnegie believed the wealthy had a duty to use their money for the public good, an idea known as this.
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
This financier bailed out the U.S. government and helped consolidate major industries.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
This was the most famous Populist leader, known for his “Cross of Gold” speech.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
The Knights of Labor Union did not these four occupations to join their labor union.
What are lawyers, gamblers, liquor dealers, and bankers?
State and local laws that restricted the freedoms of African Americans and legalized segregation in the South.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This law required exams for government jobs to show competence.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
How did the Whiskey Ring, Gold Ring, and Credit Mobilier scandals show the relationship between businesses and politicians? As well as how did it influence the relationship between the government and the public?
Showing corruption between corporations and politicians.
Trust was broken between the government and people.
How did inventions like the telephone and electric light change daily life in American cities?
What is they increased communication speed, allowed longer working hours, and improved safety and productivity in urban environments?
This African American entrepreneur became successful by creating hair care products.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
Populists wanted U.S. Senators to be chosen in this way instead of by state legislatures.
What is direct election by the people?
This 1894 strike against a railroad company due to wage cuts was crushed by federal troops.
What was the Pullman Strike?
Name of the trail on the Great Plains is where most cattle traveled making their journey to the slaughterhouses of Chicago.
What is the Chisolm Trail?