CHAPTER 24: "Politics in the Gilded Age"
FLASH CARD I.D.S include the date, the definition, the significance and any causes and effects.
- The Bloody Shirt
- Tweed Ring
- Credit Mobilier
- Whiskey Ring
- Liberal Republicans
- Crime of 73
- Stalwarts & Halfbreeds
- Compromise of 1877
- Pendleton Civil Service Act
- Chinese Exclusion Act
SOCRATIC SEMINAR PROMPTS - select three prompts and write a one paragraph response to each prompt.
1. What accounts for the corruption and scandal of politics during the Gilded Age?
2. How did President Grant get elected and why was he considered such a poor President of the United States?
3. Explain the economic controversies of the Gilded Age and the solutions proposed for these economic problems.
4. What accounts for both the close agreement of the two political parties and the competitive nature of politics during the Gilded Age?
5. Explain how Reconstruction eventually ended in the South and the effects it had on American society.
6. Describe the need for Civil Service Reform and the events that led to the landmark legislation that attempted to fix the Spoils System.
7. Explain the class and ethnic conflicts of the Gilded Age and the ways in which the government attempted to deal with these conflicts.
8. In what ways was the election of 1884 an historic and significant election?
9. Describe Grover Cleveland as President. In what ways did he continue the stereotype of the typical Gilded Age President and in what ways did he attempt to break that stereotype?
AGREE OR DISAGREE - make a "T" Chart of the prompt that follows. Label one side "Agree" and the other side "Disagree." Write 3 sentences explaining 3 pieces of evidence that would support the prompt and write 3 sentences explaining 3 pieces of evidence that would oppose the prompt. After completing the evidence chart, use it to write a thesis statement that addresses the prompt.
"Something gilded looks good on the outside but is corrupt underneath. Based on this definition, American politics from 1869 to 1889 reflected a Gilded Age." Agree or Disagree?
CATEGORIZATION - make 3 to 5 categories of evidence to answer the following prompt and then list facts in each category to support the category. After completing the chart, write a thesis statement that answers the prompt. Your thesis statement must address the evidence that supports your opinion.
what made politics in the Gilded Age extremely popular with over 80 percent voter participation yet so often corrupt and unconcerned with issues?
STUDENT QUESTIONS create three questions that are either thought provoking or questions about anything confusing in this chapter.
