APUSH Unit 12 Reading Guide
APUSH Unit 12 Reading Guide
APUSH Unit 12 Reading Guide
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5. Analyze the extent to which the Panic of 1873 was caused by the scandal and<br />
corruption of the Grant administration.<br />
6. Analyze the extent to which ethnic and cultural differences led to the partisan nature of<br />
politics during the Gilded Age.<br />
7. Analyze the extent to which the election of 1876 marked a return to the “Old South” of<br />
antebellum days.<br />
8. Analyze the extent to which economic rivalry was the cause of racial tension between<br />
immigrant groups in California during the 1870’s.<br />
9. Analyze the extent to which Garfield created a bridge between the Stalwarts and the<br />
Half-breeds in the election of 1880.<br />
10. Analyze the extent to which president Arthur spurned both the Stalwarts and Halfbreeds<br />
when he came to office in 1881.<br />
11. Analyze the extent to which the debauched election of 1884 underscored the need for<br />
reform in the political party system.<br />
<strong>12</strong>. Analyze the extent to which the first Cleveland administration was influenced by<br />
outside lobby groups.<br />
13. Analyze the extent to which William Harrison’s presidency dealt with the pressing<br />
political issues of the day.<br />
14. Analyze the extent to which the railroads of the post-Civil War period drove the<br />
corruption and scandals of the time.<br />
15. Analyze the extent to which railroads impacted the political, economic and social life<br />
of America after the Civil War.<br />
16. Analyze the extent to which organized agrarian groups led to railroad reform at a<br />
federal level by 1890.<br />
17. Analyze the extent to which inventions and immigrations combined to create a strong<br />
nation after the Civil War.<br />
18. Analyze the extent to which trusts controlled the economy during the Gilded Age.<br />
19. Analyze the extent to which anti-trust legislation was an attempt by lawmakers to<br />
quiet public criticism.<br />
20. Analyze the extent to which the Bonsack cigarette-making machine in 1881 brought<br />
the South back from economic ruin after the Civil War.<br />
21. Analyze the extent to which the rise of industry impacted social groups (migrants,<br />
immigrants, women, blacks, farmers) in the <strong>Unit</strong>ed States.<br />
22. Analyze the extent to which major labor unions (NLU, Knights of Labor, AF of L)<br />
after the Civil War impacted the lives of workers in the <strong>Unit</strong>ed States.