Gilded Age

1 What two issues dominated national politics in the 1870s and 1880s? the money supply and civil service reform civil service reform and working conditions in factories the money supply and urban slums civil service reform and imperialism foreign colonies and railroad rates 2 The Pendleton Act provided for higher protective tariffs separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites civil service reform using silver as well as gold to back paper currency railroad rate controls 3 Economically the 1880s and early 1890s were years of rapid industrial growth speculative mania agricultural stagnation all of the above none of the above 4 Coxey's Army wanted another increase in veterans' benefits a $500 million public works program funded with paper money a chance to go to Cuba to join the Rough Riders a gold standard to stabilize the economy equal rights for African-Americans 5 What was the major issue of the McKinley-Bryan election of 1896? agrarian unrest imperialism personal corruption urban crime free silver