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Gilded Age
Gilded Age
Reformers View of Gilded Age
Mark Twain, Author and Social Critic of the Age
Gilded Age
Plight of the Working Class, A dollar per day for 12-14 hours
Spoils System
Political Balance of Power
Ethnic, Religious, and Regional Factors in Politics
William Tweed, Boss of Tammany Hall Political Machine in NY
Key Political States
Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican President, 1877-81
Democratic Candidate of 1876, Samuel Tilden
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Gilded Age
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The Coinage Act of 1873
The Bland Allison Act, 1878
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James Garfield, Republican President, 1881
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Charles Guiteau, Garfield’s Assassin
Chester Arthur, Republican President, 1881-85, succeeded Garfield
Pendleton Act
Government Employees affected by the Pendleton Act
Pendleton Civil Service Act, 1883
Grover Cleveland, Democratic President, 1885-89, 1893-97
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
Gilded Age
Mugwumps, Liberal Republicans offered support to Democrat Cleveland in 1884
The Mugwumps
Mugwumps
Mugwumps
Carl Schurz, Liberal Republican
Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz
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James Blaine
James Blaine
James Blaine
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Gilded Age
Munn v. Illinois
Munn v. Illinois
Munn v.Illinois
U.S Supreme Court Building
Interstate Commerce Commission
Benjamin Harrison, Republican President, 1889-93
Cleveland
Dependent Pension Act, 1890
Sherman Anti Trust Act, 1890
Origins of Sherman Silver Purchase Act
$5 US Silver Certificate
Conditions of the Sherman Act
Results of Sherman Act
Aftermath of Sherman Act
Gilded Age
William McKinley Served in House for 14years, becoming the Republican’s leading expert on tariffs until he was elected the 25th President.
McKinley Tariff of 1890
McKinley Tariff of 1890
The Battle of Homestead Steel, 1892
The Bost Building
Homestead Steel Strike- 1892
Henry Clay Frick
Effects of the Homestead Strike
The Greenback Party
Oliver H. Kelley Founder of The Granger Movement, 1867
Granger Movement
Granger Movement
The Farmer’s Alliances http://search.corbis.com/default.asp?i=10008239&vID=1&rID=101
The Farmer’s Alliances
The Farmer’s Alliance
Gilded Age
Cleveland-Blue
Election of 1892
Tom Watson, Populist leader
Tom Watson
Forming of the Populist Party
Tom Watson’s Political Career
Decline of the Populist Party
Gilded Age
Jacob Coxey
JACOB COXEY led army of the unemployed, 500 men, from Ohio to Washington, D.C. to demand relief.
E. C. Knight v. the United States
E. C. Knight v. the United States
Chief Justice Fuller
William McKinley, Republican President, 1897-1901
Populist Party Proposals
Anti-Populist “Free Silver” Cartoon
Mary Elizabeth Lease, Populist Firebrand
Mary Lease
Mary Lease
Mary “Yellin” Lease
Mary Lease spoke at a free silver mass-meeting at Copper Union Hall in 1896.
“Pitchfork” Ben Tillman
William Jennings Bryan, Democratic/Populist Candidate in 1896
William McKinley, Republican Candidate in 1896
William McKinley as Congressman
Election of 1896
Election of 1896
Gilded Age
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Republican Party Boss
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Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna
Election Day 1896
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Election of 1900
Election of 1900
William McKinley(Green)292 W. J. Bryan (Blue ) 155
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Author: Harwich High School
Email: houston@harwich.edu
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