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The second only president in history to lose the popular vote but win the electoral college vote.
Who is Benjamin Harrison?
100
The spoils system was first used by what president...
Who is President Andrew Jackson?
100
Name of a famous cartoonist who did a series of cartoons which exposed the illegal activities of New York politicians.
Who is Thomas Nast?
100
Debate on whether to use ___________ or ____________ metals to back national currency.
What is gold and silver?
100
In the political cartoon, The Bosses of the Senate, explain why businessmen in the back are bigger than those in the front?
What is implying that they have a large presence in the Senate and their power?
200
Define the word integrity.
What is the quality of being honest and always having high moral principles?
200
Name the president that was shot and assassinated.
Who is Garfield?
200
Name of the first paper bills in the United States.
What are greenbacks?
200
Define the word inflation.
What is a rise in prices?
200
Person who became president after the assassination of Garfield.
Who is Chester A. Arthur?
300
Name a famous writer during the Gilded Age.
Who is Mark Twain?
300
Define the word "manipulating".
What is to exert influence or practice deception to obtain some advantage.
300
What is a tariff?
What is the tax on imports of manufactured goods and some agricultural products?
300
Bankers and others involved in international trade feared that considering _____________ as money would undermine the economy.
What is silver?
300
Who shot President James Garfield?
Who is Charles J. Guiteau?
400
Name of the famous political cartoon during the Gilded Age.
What is "The Bosses of the Senate"?
400
Define spoils system.
What is when government jobs were awarded to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications?
400
Define "the Pendleton Civil Service Act".
What is an act established that anyone who desired to work for the government had to take an exam and do well on it?
400
Presidents of the Gilded Age were strong. TRUE or FALSE.
What is FALSE?
500
Cartoons during the Gilded Age described or expressed what...
What is the concern about the damaging effects of corruption and big money?
500
Define civil service.
What is a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch?
500
Define "gold standard".
What is when government would use gold as the basis of the nation's currency?
500
TRUE or FALSE. Presidents of the Gilded Age lacked integrity.
What is TRUE?
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