Presidents
Politics
Corruption
Interstate Commerce Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
100
This president was elected twice, but not for two consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
100
This was the dominant party in America during the "Gilded Age."
What is Republican Party?
100
Many Presidents were elected based on this instead if their ability to lead.
What is personality?
100
Made unfair practices such as special rates, traffic sharing agreements, and other like practices illegal.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
100
It stated that "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among several states, or with foreign nations" was illegal. It helped prevent monopolies.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
200
This president did not win the popular vote, but was elected through the Compromise of 1877.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
200
This political party gave the South the nickname "Solid South."
What is Democratic Party?
200
Mugwumps, Stalwarts, and Half-breeds were all a part of this political party (which proved that the party was not unified).
What is the Republican Party?
200
Board who made sure that the conditions of the Interstate Commerce Act were followed.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission?
200
$5,000 fine and 1 year imprisonment.
What was the punishment for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act?
300
This president was assassinated the same year that he became president (1881).
Who James A. Garfield?
300
A group of politicians who controlled a local government. Oftentimes corrupt.
What is a Political Machine?
300
The word meaning that one or few people own all of the businesses. Made it hard for people to get jobs.
What is a Monopoly?
300
These became private businesses through the Interstate Commerce Act.
What are railroads and grain warehouses?
300
This was the biggest weakness of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
What is too vague?
400
This president was elected after Garfield was assassinated and contributed to the Pendleton Act, which refined the way that government officials were hired.
Who is Chester A. Arthur?
400
This branch of the government was most powerful during the "Gilded Age."
What is Legislative Branch/Congress?
400
A major part of entertainment during the "Gilded Age."
What is Political Elections?
400
The President who signed the Interstate Commerce Act.
Who is Glover Cleveland?
400
The President during the time that the Sherman Antitrust Act was created.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
500
He was president during the debate over the Sherman Act (1890).
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
500
One of the worst political machines of the "Gilded Age." it defrauded NYC of over 100 million dollars.
What is the Tweed Ring?
500
This kept black-voters from the polls.
What is literacy tests and poll taxes?
500
The year that the Interstate Commerce Act was signed.
What is 1887?
500
The year that the Sherman Antitrust Act was enacted.
What is 1890?
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