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Why were the presidential elections of the "Gilded Age" so very close?

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The Populists' political rebellion defined the American response to industrialism. True or false? Explain your answer.

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What was the basic difference in the approaches of the Republican and Democratic parties to the problems of the 1890s? Why did Americans choose the Republican approach?

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Was the silver issue a symbol of class differences? of sectional differences? Explain your answers.

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What determined the outcome of the PopulistDemocratic contest in the South? Did class differences play a significant role? Did race play a significant role?

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