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Gilded Age Politics: All That Glitters, Is Not Gold
Gilded Age Politics: All That Glitters, Is Not Gold
Gilded Age Politics: All That Glitters, Is Not Gold
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Nickname
Gilded Age
Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner Corruption of Grants presidency
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One might search the whole list of Congress, Judiciary, and Executive during the twenty-five years 1870-95 and find little but damaged reputation.
Henry Adams (grandson of John Quincy Adams)
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Corruption
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Republican Bloc
Northern whites (pro-business)
African Americans
Northern Protestants Old WASPs (support for anti-immigrant laws)
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The Presidents
3/5 Presidential Elections, difference of 1%!! No strong identification with a particular issue One Democratic Prez, little difference from Republicans
Americans expect patronage
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Tariff
Regional attitudes Party lines
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Currency
Paper money (greenbacks) for gold or silver (specie) The gold standard Pressure to coin silver
Hard money, Soft money
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Civil Service
a subject almost as dangerous in political conversation in Washington as slavery itself in the old days before the war. --Henry Adams Spoils system
How funded
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Role of immigrants
Tammany Hall
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Speaking of dirty
Boss Tweed
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