1. What was it like being an immigrant to America in the gilded age?

2. “I cant believe a 6 second test determined your fate”
“ As a us citizen, I am disappointed in America’s exclusion of Chinese immigrants”
“I cant believe a 6 second test determined your fate”
As us citizen, I would offer food, shelter and clothes to help immigrants on their feet.
“ I knew about Americanization but I was surprised children assimilated faster than adults”
“ I am surprised women weren’t allowed to travel alone”
“ As a us citizen I am embarrassed, native- borns are descents of Europeans!”
“ I wonder if any of these things could happen again?”
‘I wonder how I would’ve been treated if I was an immigrant on ellis or angel island.
“ I cant believe America proclaims equality and freedom while blatantly discriminating and instituting unjust policies.”

3. Immigration & Migration
Problems Lead to Political Machines
Immigration & Migration
Mass immigration from Europe -looking for jobs and a better life; Many immigrants faced nativism policy that favors native born Americans
Urbanization
Cities grow so fast their gov’t (municipal) can’t keep up with needs of people: Transit, water & sewage systems, sanitation, protection
Political Machines
step in and provide services to immigrants in exchange for votes and money to get their candidates elected

4. organized group that works together to elect their political party’s candidate
Political Machines:
city boss
street bosses
Immigrant workers
Political machines - step in and provide services to immigrants in exchange for votes and money to get their candidates elected

5. City Boss:
gave favors (jobs, home, etc)in exchange for the immigrant workers vote for their political party candidate
 Controlled city jobs, business licenses, and court system
Immigrant workers
Were taken advantage of –they were provided help and given jobs in exchange for their vote
 they had to vote for their political boss’s candidate

6. Corruption in the Machines
Fraud: cheating to win elections
ex: voting more than once
and manipulating the vote
Graft: using political influence for personal gain
ex: Bribes - businesses offered money to get city contracts

7. What do you think a person with that name look like?
Who is Boss Tweed?
What do you think a person with that name look like?

8. “The way to have power is to take it.”

9. -Led a ring of corrupt politicians who defrauded
“The way to have power is to take it.”
Boss Tweed
* William M. Tweed
-City Boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Political Machine in New York City
-Led a ring of corrupt politicians who defrauded
New York City from

10. Did he influence NYC in a positive or negative way?
Provided jobs for unemployed
NEGATIVE
POSITVE
Took care of immigrants constituents (voters
Provided jobs for unemployed

11. Tammany’s Corruption:
One example: the courthouse scam
Charged taxpayers $13,000,000 for project that cost $3,000,000
Estimated Tweed stole from $30 million to $300 million

12. What is a political cartoon?
Convey cartoonists point of view on current events
Within the humor lies a serious message
Attempt to influence public opinion and create…
CHANGE!

17. “Let us prey”

19. End of Tweed:
Thomas Nast assignment…

21. End of Tweed: Cartoonist Thomas Nast takes down Boss Tweed!
You and your team will
Read Biography –”Thomas Nast”
1. Thomas Nast was able to bring down Boss Tweed by…
2. Nast’s lasting symbols to modern America were….
3. An old Chinse Saying holds that “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
How did Nast prove this with his cartoons?

22. WILLIAM BOSS TWEED
Eventually indicted on (charged with) 120 counts of fraud and extortion
*Return of a portion of the money received in a sale or contract often illegal and corrupt in return for special favors.
Exposed for his corruption by cartoonist and editor, Thomas Nast
Tweed Ring fell and Tweed convicted of embezzlement
Later Tweed was arrested on a civil charge and jailed in NYC, later died there

25. “Let us prey”

27. 2. Nast’s lasting symbols to modern America were….

28. 1861

29. End of “Spoils” System (patronage)
creation of the Civil Service Commission was the Pendleton Act
Under the Pendleton Act, people now had to Pass a civil service exam to qualify for a government job.

30. The Political Machine Cities City governments
Didn’t provide: jobs, financial aid, protection, sanitation etc.
Political Machine steps in
Cities
Cities grow so fast their government can’t keep up with the needs of the people—the POLITICAL MACHINE steps in.
Provided services and business help in exchange for votes and money