Gilded Age Politics US History

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Across
  1. 3. First Democrat elected president since 1856
  2. 4. Party that favored “tight” money
  3. 5. Policy that government should play a limited role in the economy
  4. 7. Laws governing moral behavior, such as no dancing on Sunday
  5. 8. Tax on an imported good
  6. 11. Used the term Gilded Age to describe this time period
  7. 12. Faction of Republican party that favored Senator Conkling
  8. 13. This outlawed any combination of companies that restrained interstate commerce
  9. 14. Non-elected government employees
  10. 16. His slogan was “A full dinner pail”
  11. 17. Assassin who killed McKinley
  12. 18. President shot by an assassin in 1881
  13. 19. Led “army” on march to Washington D.C.
  14. 20. Party that wanted money backed by silver
Down
  1. 1. Started the spoils system
  2. 2. Law that said government employees could not be fired for politics
  3. 6. Faction of Republican party that favored Senator Blaine
  4. 9. Covered with a thin layer of gold
  5. 10. Republicans who supported Cleveland
  6. 15. Began reform of the Civil Service