1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party Balance 3. Well-Defined Voting Blocs Democratic Bloc Republican Bloc White southerners (preservation of white supremacy)
The Gilded Age The Gilded Age also known as the Golden Age But was it really Golden??? What would cause it to NOT be Golden? Corruption… political scandal…
1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party “Balance” 2.Intense Voter Loyalty to the Two Major Political Parties **note voter turnouts **note voter turnouts.
Unit 8 Part 2 2013. 1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party “Balance”
1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party “Balance” 2. Voter Loyalty.
1. A Two-Party Stalemate 2. Intense Voter Loyalty to the Two Major Political Parties.
GILDED AGE Term used by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era. “Gilded” means covered with gold- so Gilded.
