APUSH Reading Guide
Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age
Essential Questions
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What were the politics of the “bloody shirt?”
What did corruption look like during this time?
Why was the currency debate so important?
What was the nature of politics, politicians, and parties during the Gilded Age?
How did Reconstruction come to an end?
What was the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson?
What answers did the Populists provide for the problems of the time?
Important Dates
1873
1877
1882
1892
Terms
U.S. Grant
“Bloody Shirt”
Jim Fisk
Jay Gould
“Black Friday”
Boss Tweed
Tammany Hall
Crédit Mobilier
Whiskey Ring
Horace Greeley
Panic of 1873
Hard Money
Resumption Act of 1875
“Crime of ’73”
Stalwarts
Half-Breeds
Roscoe Conkling
James G. Blaine
Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Jim Crow
Plessy v. Ferguson
Great R.R. Strike of 77
Denis Kearney
Chinese Exclusion Act
James A. Garfield
Charles Guiteau
Pendleton Act
Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Billion Dollar Congress
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley Tariff Act
Farmers’ Alliance
People’s Party
James B. Weaver
Homestead Strike
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
William Jennings Bryan
J.P. Morgan