In your Writing Notebook Do a compare/contrast of Democrats and Republicans in the Gilded Age. Take into consideration issues such as monetary policy and tariffs, supporters, regions, beliefs about role of government, etc Then, write a thesis answering the following question: Compare and contrast the Republican and Democratic parties during the Gilded Age.

Democrats v Republicans Reps- “bloody shirt” of Civil War; reformers, African Americans; business, middle-class, Anglo-Saxon Protestants; temperance; Hamilton/Whigs pro-business, high tariffs Dems-solid south, in the north- big city political machines, immigrants, Catholic, Lutheran, Jews; states’ rights, Jeffersonian