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Gilded Age Politics

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Whisk your students through the politics of the Gilded Age with this presentation, which features the contexts and characteristics of the 1880-1888 Presidential Elections. Clever political cartoons and clear, concise bullet points about the implications and results of each election help to flesh out this part of history that often goes ignored.

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political parties, the gilded age

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benjamin harrison, gilded age, grover cleveland, pendleton act, political parties, laissez faire government, 1880 presidential election, chester a. arthur, james a. garfield, mugwumps, 1884 presidential election, 1888 presidential election, social studies
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Grade
8th - 11th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
35

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