2. Jeopardy PoliticsGuys & GalsThe Gov’t In Action The Poor Farmers Vocabulary Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

3. 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. $100 Question from H1

4. $100 Answer from H1 What is … The Republican Party

5. $200 Question from H1 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.

6. $200 Answer from H1 What is ….. The Democratic Party

7. $300 Question from H1 These contribute to the political process by Introducing 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 gain popular support, they are usually adopted by one or both of the major parties. Additionally, they can affect American politics as election “spoilers” by taking away votes from the major parties.

8. $300 Answer from H1 What are …. Third Parties

9. $400 Question from H1 Under this system, elected officials would appoint friends and loyal supporters and contributors to civil service posts

10. $400 Answer from H1 What is…. Patronage (or the Spoils System)

11. $500 Question from H1 This third party formed in the Gilded Age to push for political reforms that would improve the economic condition of farmers

12. $500 Answer from H1 What is …. The Populist Party (People’s Party)

13. $100 Question from H2 This Civil Rights Activist fought for legislation to reduce lynching. Her efforts were rewarded with a significant reduction in lynchings in the 1900s.

14. $100 Answer from H2 Who is …. Ida B. Wells

15. $200 Question from H2 This Halfbreed president was assassinated for his refusal to award a government job to a Stalwart supporter

16. $200 Answer from H2 Who is… President James Garfield

17. $300 Question from H2 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 legal or political goals.

18. $300 Answer from H2 Who is … Booker T. Washington

19. $400 Question from H2 These people want the government to support the unlimited coinage of silver. This, they hope, will increase the money supply and lower interest rates making it easier for farmers to pay their debts.

20. $400 Answer from H2 Who are …. silverites

21. $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.

22. $500 Answer from H2 Who is …. W.E.B. Dubois

23. $100 Question from H3 This 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.

24. $100 Answer from H3 What is….. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

25. $200 Question from H3 This federal law was passed in an effort to reduce the power of big business monopolies and made trusts in all forms illegal..

26. $200 Answer from H3 What is…. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

27. $300 Question from H3 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.

28. $300 Answer from H3 What is… The Interstate Commerce Commission

29. $400 Question from H3 This federal law passed in 1900 established a gold-based currency

30. $400 Answer from H3 What is … The Gold Standard Act

31. $500 Question from H3 This Supreme Court ruling in 1896 established the “separate but equal” doctrine which legalized segregation in the South for 50+ years

32. $500 Answer from H3 What is…. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

33. $100 Question from H4 overproduction high tariffs tight money supply high interest rates High debt unfair shipping rates

34. $100 Answer from H4 What are… Farmers’ Problems

35. $200 Question from H4 This was the first national farm organization formed for the social and educational advancement of farmers

36. $200 Answer from H4 What is …. The Grange

37. $300 Question from H4 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

38. $300 Answer from H4 What are… Cooperatives

39. $400 Question from H4 These 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

40. $400 Answer from H4 What are …. Tariffs

41. $500 Question from H4 The result of this economic problem is falling prices. Farmers were particularly hard hit by this in the Gilded Age

42. $500 Answer from H4 What is …. Deflation

43. $100 Question from H5 The separation of isolation of a race, class, or group

44. $100 Answer from H5 What is…. Segregation

45. $200 Question from H5 A decline in the value of money that leads to rising prices.

46. $200 Answer from H5 What is… Inflation

47. $300 Question from H5 Statues or laws created to enforce segregation in the South

48. $300 Answer from H5 What are…. Jim Crow Laws

49. $400 Question from H5 To deprive of the right to vote

50. $400 Answer from H5 What is… Disenfranchised

51. $500 Question from H5 An execution performed without Lawful approval

52. $500 Answer from H5 What is…. Lynching

53. 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

54. Final Jeopardy Answer What is …. The Populist Party Platform