This was the name given to politics in the late 1800s because of the corruption lurking beneath the shiny surface.
What is the Gilded Age?
100
This is when all money would be backed by gold.
What is the gold standard?
100
This person represents western farmers.
Who is the scarecrow?
200
This was the name given to political parties as they became extremely successful in getting their candidates into office.
What is a political machine?
200
This person was assassinated just months after taking office.
Who is James Garfield?
200
This act prohibited railroads from giving secret rebates to large shippers or charging more for short hauls than for long ones over the same line.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
200
This was part of the Populists platform that kept them from being very popular with urban workers.
What is restriction on immigration?
200
This place represents the capitol of the country.
What is Emerald City?
300
The political cartoons of this man helped put Boss Tweed behind bars.
Who is Thomas Nast?
300
This is the term given to members of the Republican Party who wanted reform to the spoils system and threw their support behind Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland.
Who are mugwumps?
300
Populists supported this Democratic candidate for president because he ran on a platform of free silver.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
This character represents William Jennings Bryan?
Who is the lion?
400
The real strength of political machines lay in the relationship between potential voters and these people.
Who are precinct captains?
400
A split in the republican party over the spoils system led to these two factions.
Who are the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds?
400
This group of people was very opposed to Populists and spent lots of money on McKinley's campaign in 1896.
Who is big business?
400
This detail represents the gold standard.
What is the yellow brick road?
500
This act required that people hoping to get government jobs would have to take a civil service exam.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
500
This was part of the Populists platform, which is when people with higher income are taxed more.