Gilded AgeAll 5 grade bands · K-2 through APFree download
1884
Lesson plan.
Grover Cleveland vs James G. Blaine — Democrat Grover Cleveland ended 24 years of Republican presidential dominance by narrowly defeating James G. Blaine in a notoriously mud-slinging campaign. 'Mugwumps' — reform Republicans — defected to Cleveland over Blaine's corruption record. The election turned on New York, where a Protestant minister's anti-Catholic slur ('Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion') alienated Irish Catholic voters days before the election, likely costing Blaine the state and the presidency. Cleveland won New York by just 1,149 votes.
What is in each packet
| Band | Reading | Vocabulary | Questions | Discussion | Also |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-2 | 348 words | 4 terms | 3 | 1 prompt | image, answer key |
| 3-5 | 791 words | 5 terms | 4 | 1 prompt | answer key |
| 6-8 | 913 words | 6 terms | 6 | 2 prompts | primary source, answer key |
| 9-12 | 1055 words | 7 terms | 7 | 2 prompts | primary source, answer key |
| AP | 829 words | 9 terms | 8 | 1 prompt | primary source, second source, long essay, answer key |
Primary sources quoted
Quick quiz
Five questions on 1884
Every answer here is read off the 1884 returns — the same rows the packets below are built from.
Who won the 1884 presidential election?
Which party did the winner of the 1884 election represent?
How many electoral votes did Grover Cleveland win in 1884?
Which of these states did Grover Cleveland carry in 1884?
Which era of American politics does the 1884 election belong to?
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