1. TERM
DEFINITION
1. Monopoly
A. Refers to owners of monopolies, like Carnegie.
2. Social Darwinism
B. The idea that the wealthy have a duty to give back to their communities by building and funding education and arts programs.
3. Laissez-faire
C. A type of company that controls an entire industry; no competition, aka “trust”
4. Captains of Industry/Robber Barons
D. The idea that the poor were “inferior” and the rich were “superior”
5. Gospel of Wealth
E. The government cannot interfere with your business.

2. Politics & Political Machines
The Gilded Age
Politics & Political Machines

3. Gilded Age
1877 – 1900
Looks good on the outside, but ugly and fake on the inside.

4. Political Machines
Offered services to voters in exchange for political/financial support.
Controlled political parties, controlled cities.
Built schools, sewers, hospitals, etc.
Corrupt

5. Boss Tweed Leader of the NYC political machine. Graft and fraud
Overcharged NYC for public projects
Charged $13million for a new courthouse; only cost $3million.

6. Patronage
Giving a government job to someone for financial/political support.
SPOILS SYSTEM

7. Reform
On July 2, 1881, President Garfield was shot and killed by a lawyer who had refused to give a job.
Pendleton Civil Service Act – government jobs could not be given out; only the most qualified would be hired.

11. Patronage could best be defined as _________________.
Giving a public job to someone in exchange for their political/financial support.
Bribing election officials.
Using violence to intimidate voters.
IDK

12. This political cartoon is criticizing which political boss?
President Trump
Hilary Clinton
Boss Tweed
Coach Pierce