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JeopardyPolitics Guys & Gals The Gov’t
In ActionThe PoorFarmers
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Final Jeopardy
This mainstream political party is also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), The Right, Conservative, and the Party of Morality. Its supporters in the Gilded Age include big business, Protestant Christians, and military veterans.
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What is …
The Republican Party
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This mainstream political party is also known as the Left, Liberal, and the Party of Personal Liberty. Its supporters in the Gilded Age included urban workers, Great Plains farmers, white southerners and immigrants.
$200 Answer from H1What is …..
The Democratic Party
$300 Question from H1These contribute to the political process byIntroducing new innovations in American politics. Unlike major parties, they tend to take clear-cut stands on controversial issues. And when innovations proposed by minor parties gainpopular support, they are usually adopted by oneor both of the major parties. Additionally, they can affect American politics as election “spoilers”by taking away votes from the major parties.
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What are ….
Third Parties
$400 Question from H1
Under this system, elected officials would appoint friends and loyal supporters and contributors to civil service posts
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Patronage (or theSpoils System)
$500 Question from H1
This third party formed in the Gilded Age to push for political reformsthat would improve the economic condition of farmers
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The Populist Party (People’s Party)
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This Civil Rights Activist fought forlegislation to reduce lynching. Her efforts were rewarded with a significant reduction in lynchings in the 1900s.
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Ida B. Wells
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This Halfbreed president wasassassinated for his refusal to award a government job to a Stalwart supporter
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President James Garfield
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This Civil Rights Activists believed that black Americans should work to Improve their economic condition through job skills and Vo-tech education rather than focus on legalor political goals.
$300 Answer from H2Who is …
Booker T. Washington
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These people want the government tosupport the unlimited coinage of silver.This, they hope, will increase themoney supply and lower interest rates making it easier for farmers to pay their debts.
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silverites
$500 Question from H2
This civil rights activist believed an all-around education was an important step in advancing the economic condition of black Americans, but he believed that the protection of political and legal rights was the key to greater equality.
$500 Answer from H2Who is….
W.E.B. Dubois
$100 Question from H3This federal law was established in 1883 to reform the “spoils system.” It stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit. It placed many gov’t jobs under the “civil service” and to get one of those jobs, many qualifications must be met and a competitive exam must be passed.
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The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
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This federal law was passed in an effort to reduce the power of big business monopolies and made trusts in all forms illegal. .
$200 Answer from H3What is….
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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This was formed in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Wabash v. IL. The Wabash ruling stipulated that only the Federal gov’t could regulate interstate commerce.
$300 Answer from H3What is…
The Interstate CommerceCommission
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This federal law passed in 1900 established a gold-based currency
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The GoldStandard Act
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This Supreme Court ruling in 1896 established the “separate but equal” doctrine which legalized segregation in the South for 50+ years
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
$100 Question from H4
• overproduction• high tariffs• tight money supply• high interest rates• High debt• unfair shipping rates
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What are…
Farmers’ Problems
$200 Question from H4
This was the first national farm organization formed for the social and educational advancement of farmers
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The Grange
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Farmers created these, hoping to pool their money and their crops together with the long-term purpose of forcing farm prices up and making low-interest loans to farmers
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What are…Cooperatives
$400 Question from H4These hurt farmers by making it harder to sell their surplus crops overseas. They were placed on American crops in retaliation for American tariffs on European manufactured goods
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Tariffs
$500 Question from H4
The result of this economic problem is falling prices. Farmers were particularlyhard hit by this in the Gilded Age
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Deflation
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The separation of isolation of a race, class, or group
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Segregation
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A decline in the value of money that leads to rising prices.
$200 Answer from H5What is…
Inflation
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Statues or laws created to enforce segregation in the South
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Jim Crow Laws
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To deprive of the right to vote
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Disenfranchised
$500 Question from H5
An execution performed withoutLawful approval
Final Jeopardy• Unlimited coinage of silver at a 16:1
ratio• Federal ownership of RRs• Graduated income tax• Labor positions : 8 hr workday, less
immigration
Final Jeopardy Answer
What is ….The Populist Party Platform
