1. What made politics in the Gilded Age extremely popular--with over 80 percent voter participation--yet so often corrupt and unconcerned with issues?3. What did Republicans and Democrats each gain from the Compromise of 1877, and why were southern blacks the real losers in the deal?
3. What did Republicans and Democrats each gain from the Compromise of 1877, and why were southern blacks the real losers in the deal?
President Ulysses S. Grant
6. In what ways did the politics of the Gilded Age still partially reflect the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction? How did the issues of that earlier era gradually disappear?
