10-3 and 10-4

Question 1

Spoils System

Answer 1

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

Question 2

Pendleton Act

Answer 2

1883 law that created a Civil Service Commission and stated that federal employees could not be required to contribute to campaign funds nor be fired for political reasons.

Question 3

political machine

Answer 3

Political organizations that used the spoils system and promises to maintain power. These organizations were often very corrupt.

Question 4

fiat money

Answer 4

Money not backed by gold or silver. Money that has value because the government has ordered that it is an acceptable means to pay debts.

Question 5

Inflation

Answer 5

A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Question 6

Populist Party

Answer 6

U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and other monopolies.

Question 7

Election of 1896: candidates and issues

Answer 7

William McKinley-Republican, North, industry and high tariffs. Williams Bryan-Democrat, West and South, farmers and low tariffs. The main issues were the coinage of silver and protective tariffs.