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Gilded Age Politics: U.S. History Crash Course #26

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1. A ___________________________________________ is basically an organization that works to win elections so that it can __________________________________________. The most famous political machine was New York City’s ________________________

________________, which is keenly associated with ____________________________.

2. The most famous machine politician of the day was _____________________________

________________.

a. How did his swindling explain how the political machine system worked?

b. What is an example of how Tammany politicians utilized fraud?

3. Gilded Age Republicans favored ____________________________________, low government spending, paying off national debt, and reducing the amount of paper money (or ______________________________) in circulation. Democrats opposed the tariffs and were often linked to New York to ____________________________ and financiers. Both parties were pro-_____________________.

4. What were some examples of national reform legislation passed during the Gilded Age?

5. In the 1870s, farmers formed the ______________

_______________________________ to put

pressure on state government to establish fair

railroad rates and warehouse charges. This

movement eventually became the ______________

__________________________ movement, which

also pushed for economic cooperation to raise

prices. Eventually these politically motivated

farmers and their supporters grew into a political

party, the People’s Party or _________________.

6. Why was the 1896 election known as the first

modern political campaign?

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