WorksheetsGilded Age Political Parties
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which political party of the Gilded Age wanted an end to Reconstruction & the rise of the South?
Republicans
Democrats
Populists
Whigs
Which political party of the Gilded Age wanted to retain control of the government?
Republicans
Democrats
Populists
Whigs
The Grand Army of the Republic was
the name for the US military during the Civil War
the other name for the Republican Party
the Union Civil War veterans who wanted to influence government
the part of the Republican Party that wanted to continue Reconstruction
Which of these was NOT a similarity between political parties in the Gilded Age?
high voter turnout, average of 90%
only voting for your political party
strong organizations to try to support the political parties
appearance of numerous third parties to catch independent voters
Which group of Republicans was led by Senator Roscoe Conkling of New York?
Moderates
Radicals
Stalwarts
Half-Breeds
Which group of Republicans was led by James G. Blaine?
Moderates
Radicals
Stalwarts
Half-Breeds
What two candidates ran for president in the election of 1876?
Hayes & Garfield
Tilden & Blaine
Hayes & Tilden
Blaine & Conkling
In the Compromise of 1877, Republicans received
the end of Reconstruction
Hayes as president
the end of segregation in the South
new laws to expand corporate rights
In the Compromise of 1877, Democrats received
the end of Reconstruction
Hayes as president
the end of segregation in the South
new ways to expand slavery
Which Supreme Court case allowed segregation in the South to continue until the 1950's?
Brown v. Board of Education
Wabash v. Illinois
Plessy v. Ferguson
Texas v. Johnson
