TEST REVIEW SHEET

Test Chapter 20- Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

Format will be the following:

· 11 True False questions – (3 points each)

· 19 Multiple choice questions (4 coming from the Fab 50) (3 points each)

· 1 open ended question worth 10 points (topic is major political or economic controversies of the Gilded Age

TOPICS FOR QUESTIONS ON TEST

who are high tariffs good for? Whom are they not good for?

Coinage of silver

US Gold Standard Act

Why were granges started? Why were they important?

Gilded Age – where did name come from?

Policies putting money into circulation

The People’s Party platform

Depression of 1890s

American economy following the depression of 1890s

Karl Marx and communism and socialism

NWSA and AWSA

Characteristics of politics during the Gilded Age

How did Supreme Court generally rule of Interstate Commerce Act?

What was the “Crime of ‘73”?

Why did Senator’s vote against Women’s suffrage?

Describe the presidents of the Gilded Age.

Why did Cleveland lose the election of 1888?

Action taken by Congress over veterans’ pensions

What was the hope of implementing the subtreasury plan

What did the Omaha platform call for

Who became leading spokesman for American socialism in late 1800s?

How did Jacob Coxey want to end the depression?

Why were the Poplulists hampered in their quest for political power?

Why did Bryan lose the election of 1896?