The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age refers to

• Something shiny on the outside, worthless or ruined on the inside

• A shiny object of great value

• An increasing population of educated people

• The gold used to make jewelry in the 1800s

Almost all Presidents during this time were

• Assassinated

• Republican

• Democrats

• Mugwumps

Southern whites and immigrants made up much of the _____________ party

• Populist

• Republican

• Democrat

William Tweed was known as

• Mr. President

• A Mugwump

• Mayor of Tammany Hall

• Boss

Using a position of trust for dishonest gain

• Kickback

• Patronage

• Corruption

• Civil Service

The practice of giving government jobs to your supporters and donors

• anti-trust

• patronage

• kickback

• a poll tax

The "party that saved the nation" referred to

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Populists

Democrats accused Republicans of 'waving the ______________'

• flag

• bloody flag

• bloody shirt

• Civil War

Organizations that maintained power in a city to control votes, the courts and police through bribery and intimidation

• The Grange

• Knights of Labor

• Political Machine

• unions

The President who was NOT a Civil War veteran

• Garfield

• Cleveland

• Grant

• Harrison