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1 .       Late-nineteenth-century Americans were so focused on economic self-interest that emotional issues of race, religion, and nationality rarely influenced the outcome of elections. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       For most Americans in the Gilded Age, Christianity supported the competitive individualistic ethic rather than an ethic of cooperation and social justice. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       Frances Willard and the WCTU changed from advocating reform of individuals to advocating reform of society. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       The tariff was the primary source of government revenue in the Gilded Age. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Advocates of the Gospel of Wealth believed Darwinian principles justified the accumulation of great wealth. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The Panic of 1893 and the following depression represented for farmers and laborers how little government cared for the common man. [Hint]

 
 






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