1. “All that Glitters is not gold”…. Mark Twain

2. “of the monopolists, by the monopolist, for the monopolists….”

3. The Politics of the Gilded Age
AIM: How corrupt was politics during the Gilded Age?

4. I. The Gilded Age Grant Administration
Old Radical Republicans pass away
Replaced by new guard:
Sen. Roscoe Conklin of NY
Sen. James Blaine of Maine

5. 2. Grant Administration Scandals
Gold Market Scandal: Jay Gould and James Fisk corner the gold market
Credit Moblier – 1872
1. Bogus RR company sold Stock to U.S. congressman at reduced prices to avoid investigation.
2. No RR build

6. Whiskey Ring Affair:
1. Distillers were bribing tax officials
2. Grant’s personal secretary involved
Indian Affairs Scandal
1. Sec. of War Belknap involved in shady dealings to cheat Indians of land

7. II. Politics of the Gilded Age
Campaign Strategy
1. “Get the vote out!” brass bands, flags, campaign buttons, free beer issue free campaigning!!!

8. B. Party Patronage
No legislative agenda just a rewards game of gaining office and giving friends jobs.
Stalwarts: opposed reform
Half-Breeds: support halfway reforms
Mugwumps: reformers

9. Pendleton Act 1881 CIVIL SERVICE REFORM!!!
b. Exam, civil servants prohibited from making political contributions

10. C. Political Machines and Party Boss

11. 1. Tammany Hall Society of St. Tammany – 1789
During the Civil War – it tied itself to the Democratic Party in New York City
Controlled city politics and power until 1931

12. Benefits
Negative

13. III. Government Laissez Faire???
Government Assistance
Government Assistance

14. IV. Opposition to the “Evils” of Industrialism
A. Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879
B. Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 1888

15. C. Jane Adams, Settlement Houses 1892

16. 1. Goals of the Settlement House

17. D. Walter Rauschenbusch on the Social Gospel