AP US HISTORY QUESTIONS (The Gilded Age)?

Question

1. Distinguish between the sound (hard) money policy (money backed by gold) and the inflationary (soft) money policy (money backed by silver/greenbacks) being debated at the end of the 19th century.

2. Why was the position of the presidency still relatively weak in the late 19th century?

3. Describe the roles of poor whites and blacks in the post-Reconstruction era in the South.

And Lastly, does anyone know any sites to find Newspaper articles, pictures/paintings, and quotes from this time period?

Answer 1

Here is a really good outline of the different things happening in the Guilded Age

http://apclassnotes.com/APUSHN17.html

And here is one for the post-reconstruction Era:

http://apclassnotes.com/APUSHN16.html

Answer 2

You may just want to Google the Gilded Age and see if you can find those questions on your own as this looks suspiciously like a homework assignment to me and you'll learn more by looking it up on your own.