1. Day 7 Opening Task Read & take notes on the Omaha Platform Preamble…
Connections to today?
Trump or Bernie messages?
Day 7
Opening
Task

2. Day 7 Objectives
Evaluate the political conditions that existed in the local and national level in the USA during the Gilded Age
Judge the degree to which the governments of the Gilded Age addressed the concerns of the times.

3. Gilded Age
Revisited
Who am I?
“The external glitter of wealth conceals a corrupt political core that reflects the growing gap between the very few rich and the very many poor.” 

4. 8a. “The Politics of the Gilded Age failed to deal with the critical issues of the times ( ).”

5. Federal Government…

6. The Presidential
Elections tell us…

9. Mugwumps were Republicans who sided with Grover due to James Blaine’s corrupt stain that turned them off…Grover ran pretty much as a Republican in his political views

14. Federal Government… Political Stalemate (Exec & Leg)…
Corrupt…Patronage vs Civil Service Reform…
Half-Breeds vs Stalwarts and Irony of
Republicans and Democrats…
Similarities
Strong political stances?
___________Presidents
Differences
North vs South
Eventually split on Gold vs Silver and Tariffs

15. Charles
Guiteau

16. Turnout Rates of Eligible Voters…
Gilded Age

17. Good thing I have never been corrupt.
Local Government
Deep Corruption…
City govs were not ready for conditions…
The Political Machine
Immigrants , legit business , illegit business 
Extortion and Benefaction…
Voter Fraud + Graft
Machiavelli…
How legit was
this analogy?
Good thing I have never been corrupt.

18. Tammany Hall Tweed Ring from 1866-1871 4 men led by William Tweed
Ran Tammany Hall (HQ of Dem Party in NY)
At his peak, Tweed picked the NY Gov, NY Assembly Speaker and NYC Mayor
Embezzled public funds
Best example is 
Official construction bill was $13 million (2x the cost of Alaska in 1867)

19. Effects of Gilded Age Politics…
Where will we turn to, politically?
Effects of Gilded Age Politics…
Maybe we’re not the critical issue of the times!!
Where will we turn to, politically?
8a. “The Politics of the Gilded Age failed to deal with the critical issues of the times ( ).”

20. What would these guys have said about what was happening??

21. Before the Populist Party
Farmers began to unite...
The Grange s
The Farmer’s Alliance
Both  sought federal regulations of industry (RR’s!) & to unite farmers…
FA demands looked like Populist demands

23. 10a. After its startling successes of the late 1880s and early 1890s, why did the Populist Party quickly fade into oblivion after 1896?

24. 1892
Populist
Party
Platform
Preamble
by Ignatius
Donnelly

25. The Populist Party Omaha Platform 1892
16-1
Fed Gov RR+Telegraph
Graduated Income Tax
Immigration restriction
8-hour day
Fed Gov Regulation
Election of Senators…
James Weaver 1892 Presidential Election

26. “Startling Successes”?
Tried to unite rural with urban worker. Tried to unite the white and black farmer. Too much sectionalism and 2-party power kept this from happening
Populists
tried to
bridge a few
groups…but…

27. After 1892… Panic of 1893 impact? Leadup to Election of 1896…
Party is declining
1896 Election, Populists join…
Bi-metallism movement
One-plank platform…hmm
William Jennings Bryan and the Democrats
Anti-Grover reaction

28. People vs Plutocrats
Populists lose on this map, but win later on…
10 to 1 campaign spending and Mark Hanna (McK)
Stories…(36 speeches…day after election day )

29. The Election of 1896 isn’t the end for Populists…

30. The Gilded Age ripples into our next era