Topic 6.13
Politics in the Gilded Age
THEMATIC FOCUS Politics and Power (PCE)
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
Unit 6: Learning Objective K
Explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
Economic instability inspired agrarian activists to create the People’s (Populist) Party, which called for a stronger governmental role in regulating the American economic system.
KC-2
The major political parties appealed to lingering divisions from the Civil War and contended over tariffs and currency issues, even as reformers argued that economic greed and self-interest had corrupted all levels of government.
KC-3
In an urban atmosphere where the access to power was unequally distributed, political machines thrived, in part by providing immigrants and the poor with social services.
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
Unit 6: Learning Objective K
Explain the similarities and differences between the political parties during the Gilded Age.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-1
Economic instability inspired agrarian activists to create the People’s (Populist) Party, which called for a stronger governmental role in regulating the American economic system.
KC-2
The major political parties appealed to lingering divisions from the Civil War and contended over tariffs and currency issues, even as reformers argued that economic greed and self-interest had corrupted all levels of government.
KC-3
In an urban atmosphere where the access to power was unequally distributed, political machines thrived, in part by providing immigrants and the poor with social services.
