1. 09/09 Bellringer 5+ sentences What should people expect their elected officials to do for them (personally) and for the community? Would you vote for someone who you knew was not qualified if they helped you get a job?

2. Video: Political Machines and Reform

3. In the Gilded Age, presidents were seen as less powerful than monopolists like Carnegie, JP Morgan, and Rockefeller

4. Grant was the most important president of the era, but his administration was plagued by scandals The worst scandal was Crédit Mobilier which involved bribes by railroad companies to gain lands grants Whiskey Ring involved companies bribing government officials to avoid paying taxes

5. Forgotten Presidents Chart Summary PresidentYears in Office Foreign or Military EconomicPoliticalSocialOther GRANT HAYES GARFIELD ARTHUR CLEVELAND HARRISON CLEVELAND MCKINLEY

6. Forgotten Presidents Chart Summary PresidentYears in Office Foreign or Military EconomicPoliticalSocialOther GRANT HAYES GARFIELD ARTHUR CLEVELAND HARRISON CLEVELAND MCKINLEY 1. Use the textbook to identify the dates of your assigned President’s years in office. 2. Scan through your notes to find important events during your assigned president’s years in office. 3. Scan through the textbook in chapters 13-15 paying special attention to the words in bold print to find events during your assigned president’s years in office. 4. Use the Internet to find a list of important events during your assigned president’s administration.

7. GRANT -1869-77

8. HAYES 1877-81

9. GARFIELD 1881

10. ARTHUR 1881-1885

11. CLEVELAND 1885-89

12. HARRISON 1889-93

13. CLEVELAND 1893-97

14. MCKINLEY 1897-1901