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Political Corruption During the the Gilded Age

Political Corruption During the the Gilded Age. RAM Block: Create a political poster that is satirical in nature. This poster should highlight 1 president during the Gilded Age, and highlight his actions which represent the “Gilded Age”. Warm Up. Write the following definition:

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Political Corruption During the the Gilded Age

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  1. Political Corruption During the the Gilded Age RAM Block: Create a political poster that is satirical in nature. This poster should highlight 1 president during the Gilded Age, and highlight his actions which represent the “Gilded Age”

  2. Warm Up • Write the following definition: • Gilded Age: An era of where the US was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath

  3. “Bloody Shirt Election” • Grant won (barely) • "wave the bloody shirt" • constantly remind voters of military record • Close victory meant: • (a) tightly run and hard-fighting political parties • (b) narrow election margins of victory

  4. The Era of Good Stealings • New York City: Boss Tweed ran Tammany Hall • Used: bribes, graft, and rigged elections to mooch money

  5. Corruption in the White House • CréditMobilierscandal • constructing the trans-continental railroad and effectively sub-hired itself to get paid double. • Gave stock to politicians

  6. Panic of 1873 • Over-spending with borrowed money • Too-easy credit given by the banks. • Soft Money vs. Hard Money • Wanted soft money (included silver) • Would eventually make it more difficult to borrow money

  7. Review of the Election of 1876 • Hayes-Tilden Election • Ended Reconstruction

  8. Reconstruction No Longer Needed? • Segregation became institutionalized • Jim Crow laws that legalized the segregation. • Plessyv. Ferguson (1896) stated that "separate but equal" facilities for the races were legal.

  9. Political Corruption Addressed • The Pendleton Act • required merit to get jobs • Civil Service Commission awarded jobs based on performance • Pendleton Act first affected only 10% of federal jobs: • stopped the worst offenses of spoils system • it set the tone for civil service reform

  10. BUT…Massive Economic Corruption • Massive amounts of money being made…by either Captains of Industry OR Robber Barons. • Using the Green AP Review book, complete the handout.

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