Slide 1 CIVIL SERVICE REPLACES PATRONAGE Nationally, some politicians pushed for reform in the hiring system The system had been based on Patronage; giving jobs and favors…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 1. A Two-Party Stalemate Slide 4 Two-Party “Balance” Slide 5 2.Intense Voter Loyalty to the Two Major Political Parties **note voter turnouts…
Slide 1 Unit 8 Part 2 2013 Slide 2 Slide 3 1. A Two-Party Stalemate Slide 4 Two-Party “Balance” Slide 5 2. Intense Voter Loyalty to the Two Major Political Parties Slide…
Slide 1End of Reconstruction/Start of the Gilded Age in Government: Reconstruction in the South brought in: Federal $$$$$ Northern Politicians Black Army troops Voting for…
Slide 1 Slide 2 http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Slide 3 GILDED AGE Term used by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era. “Gilded” means covered with gold-…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Begins with “Waving the Bloody Shirt,” Credit Mobilier and the Compromise of 1877 What does it mean to “wave the bloody shirt?” Reviving the…
Slide 1 U.S. President Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 Republican New York Born: October 5, 1829 Died: November 18, 1886 Slide 2 I. The Political Aspects of Arthur’s Presidency…
From Stalemate to Crisis Politics in the Glided Age Politics of Equilibrium Period of remarkable political stability YET, pretty high voter turnout Almost 80% of voters participated…
1866-1896 Warm up List three ways in which the Federal gov’t was involved in the economy from 1793 - 1865 The Party Machine: Graft political organization in which an authoritative…
Gilded Age IV: Politics (1870-1890) Learning Targets I can analyze the role of political machines and patronage in Gilded Age politics. I can evaluate the climax and collapse…