Politics in the Gilded Age
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| Republicans who favored tariff reform and social reform but stayed with the Republican party | Half-Breeds
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| Party that tried to ally farmers and labor; advocated free coinage of silver; eventually absorbed by Democrats | Populist
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| Party founded in 1878 that fought for increased monetary circulation through issuing more paper currency; they also wanted benefits for labor such as shorter working hours. | Greenback - Labor Party
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| Administered exams to determine a merit basis for appointees to federal offices | Civil Service Commission
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| Advocated free silver and ran as both a Populist and a Democrat; gave popular speech at the Democratic convention in 1896; youngest man to run for president | William Jennings Bryan
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| Insult that claimed that Democrats were the party of Irish Catholic immigrants | Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion
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| Law that said officeholders would be assessed on a merit basis and established a Civil Service Commission to regulate hiring for the executive branch | Pendleton Act
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| Leader of the Stalwarts | Roscoe Conkling
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| Conservative branch of the Republican party who were opposed to civil service reform | Stalwarts
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| Republicans who changed their vote during the 1884 election to vote for Cleveland because they preferred Cleveland's position on reforms | Mugwumps
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| Republican leader who masterminded McKinley's 1896 | Mark Hanna
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| Political boss and head of Tammany Hall; he believed in "honest graft." | William Tweed
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| Political machine that controlled New | Tammany Hall
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| Elected in 1880 | James Garfield
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| Became president upon Garfield's assassination | Chester Arthur
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| Elected in 1884 | Grover Cleveland
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| Elected in 1888 | Benjamin Harrison
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| Elected in 1892 | Grover Cleveland
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| Elected in 1896 | William McKinley
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