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The Gilded AgeChapter 20
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What does “The Gilded Age” Mean? Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1893)
King John by William Shakespeare (1595 "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess.“
A poor copy of the real thing: a thin layer of gold over metal or wood
Widespread corruption in public life: some live well and others pay for it
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“The Bosses of the Senate,” 1889
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Politics is Personal Political party affiliations went back generations
Both major parties had similar platforms so they relied on personal attacks on candidates
Cities often more powerful than state governments due to party machines
Patronage Republicans: Protestant, British, Scottish descent, African Americans
Dominated national politics
Democrats: Everybody else, the South
Local and state governments were main taxing authority and spending authority Patronage
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Rutherford B. Hayes & Civil Service Reform
Attempted to abolish “spoils system” Republican Party conflicts
Stalwarts & Half Breeds
Roscoe Conkling Elect Grant for 3rd term
James Blaine Reform candidate for Republican nominee
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Election of 1880 Republican Ticket
James Garfield (Half-Breed)
Chester A. Arthur (Stalwart)
Democratic Ticket Winfield Scott Hancock
William English
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de Thulstrup, Thur. “Miss Columbia (to General H_____).” Harper's Weekly July 24, 1880, 465
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Woolf, Michael Angelo. “Exultant Tammanyite.” Harper’s Weekly October 30, 1880, 695.
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de Thulstrup, Thur. “The Friend of the Freedmen.” Harper's Weekly October 23, 1880, 685.
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Keppler, Joseph. “Just the Difference.” "Puck." July 28, 1880, 43.
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Nast, Thomas, “The Plumed Knight.” Harper's Weekly. June 5, 1880, 353.
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Keppler, Joseph. “A Merry Christmas to All.” “Puck." December 22, 1880, 45.
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Political Party Presidential Nom. VP Nom. # % # %
Republican James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
214 58.04,453,61
1 48.3
Democratic Winfield S. Hancock
William English
155 42.04,445,25
6 48.2
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July 2, 1881 President Garfield assassinated by Charles Julius Guiteau at the Baltimore
and Potomac Rail Station in Washington D.C.
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President James Garfield
Charles Julius Guiteau
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Diagram of the Train Stationhttp://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/guiteau/diagram.JPG
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To General Sherman: I have just shot the President. I shot him several times as I wished him to go as easily as possible. His death was a political necessity.
I am a lawyer, theologian, and politician. I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with General Grant and the rest of our men, in New York during the canvass.
I am going to the Jail. Please order out your troops, and take possession of the jail at once. Very respectfully, Charles Guiteau.
Answer note by General Sherman addressed from "Headquarters of the Army, Washington, DC. July 2, 1881, "in which he states that "I don't know the writer. Never heard of or saw him to my knowledge..."
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Guiteau’s Brain , The College of Physicians of Philadelphia https://www.google.com/search?q=Charles+Guiteau's+brain&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=4PUwUu6NL8fh4AO9koHwAw&ved=0CDIQsAQ&biw=1523&bih=815&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=OBN7Grl4nrllyM%3A%3B9zYWpq5r7POiCM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fsphotos-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net%252Fhphotos-ash3%252Fp480x480%252F1240429_10151852732879134_1581301207_n.jpg%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252Fcollegeofphysicians%3B480%3B480
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Chester A. Arthur Passed the Pendleton Civil Service Act
1884 election Republicans dumped Arthur & nominated James Blaine
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Election of 1884 Republican Ticket: James Blaine
Mugwumps: published embarrassing letters showing Blaine in the pocket of Railroad barons
Democratic Ticket: Grover Cleveland Cleveland had an illegitimate child
Media Frenzy
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Nast, Thomas. “Death Before Dishonor.” Harper’s Weekly.” June 21, 1884, 396-397.
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Gillam, Bernhard. “Love’s Labor Lost.” Puck May 7, 1884, 160
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“Ma! Ma! Where’s My Pa?”
Beard, Frank. “Another VoiceFor Cleveland.” Judge, September 27, 1884, xii.
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“Gone to the White House. Ha! Ha! Ha!”
Nast, Thomas. “What It Means.” Harper’s Weekly, November 15,1884, 747.
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Political Party Presidential Nom. VP Nom. # % # %
Democratic Grover Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks
219 54.6 4,915,586 48.9
Republican James G. BlaneJohn Logan
182 45.4 4,852,916 48.2
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Grover Cleveland
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The Tariff Primary revenue source for Federal government.
Issue: Did Tariff create the big Trusts (Monopolies)? Less competition = higher prices for big business
Cleveland argued that the tariffs were too high and must be lowered
Election of 1888 Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison
Democrats favored lowering the tariff
Republicans favored keeping the tariff
Republicans raised the most cash Cleveland won the popular vote
Harrison won the Electoral vote
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Democratic Grover Cleveland Allen Thurman 168 41.9 5,539,11848.6
Republican Benjamin Harrison Levi Morton 233 58.1 5,449,825 47.8
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Harrison Presidency Secretary of State: James Blaine former Republican Candidate for President
Sherman Anti-Trust Act Forbade contracts, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade to create
monopolies
Vague wording and difficult to enforce
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What Form of Currency Should be Accepted?
Specie: money made out of a precious metal Gold
Silver: opposed by many because it would add more money to the supply and make the money in circulation worth less
Mint Act of 1792 mandate: weight of one silver dollar = weight of a gold dollar 1837 money based on a silver standard
1873: silver coinage dropped
Currency supply failed to keep up with population growth
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Agrarian Protest Movements Farmers debts rose as crop prices dropped
domestic overproduction
increasing international competition
Tariff paid double taxes on domestic produce shipped overseas
Congress failed to act
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I Feed You All
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Granger Movement & Farmers’ Alliances
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry (The Grange) 1886 first attempt by farmers to form a political alliance
Farmers’ Alliances Collectives & cooperatives: community stores, warehouses and debt repayment
Avoid middlement
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Farm Politics and Populist Party Farmers political action: local
South: Democratic voting blocks of farmers won elections at state and national congressional level
1892 Association of farmers, labor and reform groups formed the People’s Party aka Populist Party
1892 Populist Party Candidate for President: James B. Weaver
Republican Nominee: Benjamin Harrison
Democratic Nominee: Grover Cleveland
Cleveland won both electoral and popular vote
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Grover Cleveland Adlai E. Stevenson 277 62.4 5,554,61746.0
Benjamin Harrison Whitelaw Reid 145 32.7 5,186,79343.0James Weaver James Field 22 5.0 1,029,357 8.5
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Depression of 1893 Philadelphia & Reading RR declared bankruptcy just before Cleveland was
sworn into office
Overextended banks and smaller RR companies
Economic panic lasted 4 years
Unemployment rate: 20%
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New York Stock Exchange on Friday, May 5, 1893
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International Economic Crisis Great Britain still global financial center
Failure of Large British Bank caused British investors to sell holdings in U.S. for gold
This drained U.S. gold supply making shortage of currency greater
Silver interests claimed coinage of silver would end the panic
1896 Election William McKinley, R
William Jennings Bryan, D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTkT5-w5RA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTkT5-w5RA
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Election of 1896
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Race Relations Wilmington, North Carolina
African American majority
1894 & 1896 African Americans joined with Republicans and Populists to choose a slate of elected officials
November 10, 1898 2,000 white men and boys rampaged through town destroying African American
businesses and killing at least 100 African Americans
Forced newly elected officials out of office replacing them with Democrats
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Wilmington On Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbE0R2-kzD4
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Ida B. Wells
IDA B. WELLS
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Booker T. Washington
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W.E. B. Du Bois
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Bibliography I de Thulstrup, Thur. “The Friend of the Freedmen.” Harper's Weekly October 23, 1880, 685.
de Thulstrup, Thur. “Miss Columbia (to General H_____).” Harper's Weekly July 24, 1880, 465.
Gillam, Bernhard. “Love’s Labor Lost.” Puck May 7, 1884, 160
Keppler, Joseph. “Just the Difference.” "Puck." July 28, 1880, 43.
Keppler, Joseph. “A Merry Christmas to All.” “Puck." December 22, 1880, 45.
Nast, Thomas, “The Plumed Knight.” Harper's Weekly. June 5, 1880, 353.
Nast, Thomas. “Death Before Dishonor.” Harper’s Weekly.” June 21, 1884, 396-397.
Nast, Thomas. “Death Before Dishonor.” Harper’s Weekly.” June 21, 1884, 396-397.
Nast, Thomas. “What It Means.” Harper’s Weekly, November 15, 1884, 747.
Woolf, Michael Angelo. “Exultant Tammanyite.” Harper’s Weekly October 30, 1880, 695.
Bell, Charles Milton. “Chester A. Arthur.” 1882. Library of Congress (Public Domain).
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Bibliography II
Unknown. Ida B. Wells,
Wells, Ida B. Southern Horrors, Lynch Law in All its Phases. New York Age Print, 1892
Unknown. Booker T. Washington Library of Congress (Public Domain)
Purdy, J.E. W.E.B. DuBois. (1904) Library of Congress, (Public Domain).
Unknown. “The Vampire that Hovers Over North Carolina.” Raleigh News and Observer, September 27, 1898 (Public Domain)
Cronenberg, Henry. “Armed Rioters in Front of Press Building,” November 10, 1898 (Public Domain)