Prof Prestidge Chapter 21

Gilded Age Politics and

Agrarian Revolt

Chapter 21Lecture Outline

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19th Century Political Life

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Paradoxical Politics

• Politics during the Gilded Age

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Paradoxical Politics

• City Politics

• National Politics

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Paradoxical Politics

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Paradoxical Politics

• Partisan Politics

• Political Stalemate

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Paradoxical Politics

• State and Local Initiatives

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• Hayes and Civil Service Reform

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• The 1880 election

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• The Campaign of 1884

• Cleveland and the Special Interests

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• Tensions over the Tariff

• The Election of 1888

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• Republican Reform Under Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

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Corruption and Reform: Hayes to Harrison

• What Form of Currency Should Be Accepted?

• Inadequate Currency

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

• Economic Conditions

• Formation of Protest Movements

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

• The Granger Movement

• Farmers’ Alliances

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

• Farm Politics

• The Populist Party and the Election of 1892

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

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The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

• The Depression of 1893

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

• Silverites versus Goldbugs

• The Remarkable Election of 1896

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

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Race Relations during the 1890s

• Disenfranchising African Americans

• The Spread of Racial Segregation

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Race Relations during the 1890s

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Race Relations during the 1890s

• Mob Rule in North Carolina

• The Black Response

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Race Relations during the 1890s

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• Lonely Warrior—Ida B. Wells

• Washington and Du Bois

Race Relations during the 1890s

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Race Relations during the 1890s

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Race Relations during the 1890s

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Race Relations during the 1890s

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The Economy and the Silver Solution

• A New Era

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Revolt

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