CH20 Flashcards
- According to some the Wizard of Oz was a reflection of what?
L. Frank Baum’s sympathies for the Populist Party
- Who was not involved in campaigning in the 1876 election?
U. Grant
- How did farmers represent themselves in the Gilded Age?
Farmers formed a new grassroots reform movement
- What was the theme of the book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today?
The book satirized the corruption of post-Civil War society and politics
- How were African Americans treated by Redshirts?
Redshirts openly whipped African Americans who were trying to vote in the streets
- What did the election of Rutherford B. Hayes set the stage for?
It set the stage for politically motivated agendas and widespread inefficiency in the White House for the next twenty-four years
- What president was the first to engage in patronage?
Andrew Jackson
- What president’s death in 1881 led to an advancement in civil reform?
James Garfield
- Why was the U.S. Tariff Commission in created in 1882?
To investigate the propriety of increasingly high tariffs
- What was the most important issue to working-class Americans and farmers during the Gilded Age?
The ongoing debate of gold versus silver
- How did the production of crops impact farmers?
Overproduction hurt farmers because it led to a decrease in the price of crops
- What did Oliver Hudson Kelly create in 1876 which became One of the first efforts to organize farmers?
The Grange
- Who was vilified by the Omaha Platform?
It vilified railroad owners, bankers, and big businessmen
- What was the major cause behind the Depression of 1893?
Speculation in railroads over the previous decades
- What happened in the 1896 election for the first time in twenty-four years?
A U.S. president won a majority of the popular vote for the first time in twenty-four years
