2. The Gilded Age suggests that there was a glittering layer of ________ that covered the poverty and __________ that existed in much of society. This term was coined by ____________. prosperity corruption Mark Twain

3. In the late 1800’s businesses operated without much government regulation. This is known as _____________ economics. Laissez-faire means ‘allow to be’ in __________. laissez-faire French

4. Although people accepted laissez-fair economics in theory, they supported government involvement when it benefited them. For example, American businesses accepted land grants and _____________. A subsidy is a payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain key industries, such as ___________. subsidies railroads

5. Under the Spoils System, candidates for political office would offer potential ______ in exchange for ______. The spoils system also gave supporters access to money and political favors. jobs votes http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Update-On-second-thought-Brian-Butler-sounds-e?urn=ncaaf,139220

6. During the Gilded Age, the Republicans and Democrats had roughly the same number of supporters. To keep party members loyal, candidates rewarded supporters and tried to avoid ____________ issues. The Republicans appealed to the industrialists, bankers, and eastern farmers. They favored the gold standard, high tariffs, and the enforcement of ____ laws, regulations that prohibited certain activities people considered _________. The Democratic party attracted the less privileged groups such as northern urban ___________, laborers, southern planters, and western ________. controversial blue immoral immigrants farmers

7. THE BLUE LAWS In Salem, West Virginia, it's against the law to eat candy less than an hour and a half before church service. In Winona Lake, Wisconsin, it is illegal to eat ice cream at a counter on Sunday. Marbles, Dominoes, and yo-yos are also banned on Sundays in a handful of states. Florida prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sundays. According to Michigan state law, a woman’s hair belongs to her spouse and she needs his permission before it can be cut. In the Big Apple, wearing clingy or body-hugging clothing carries a $25 dollar fine. In Memphis, Tennessee, women can't drive a car unless there is a man with a red flag in front of the car warning the other people on the road. Texas law: "When two railroad trains meet at a crossing, each shall stop and neither shall proceed until the other has passed." It is a crime to molest butterflies in California.