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Us history Period 6: Chapter 19: Politics of the Gilded Age, [380 - 391] class notes verified A+ Us history Period 6: Chapter 19: Politics of the Gilded Age, [380 - 391] class notes verified A+ Period 6: Chapter 19: Politics of the Gilded Age, [380 - 391] Due Date:TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 Politics in the Gilded Age - Gilded Age: superficial glitter of the new wealth displayed late 1800s; criticism of politics; era of “forgettable” presidents and politicians who largely ignored arising problems from growth of industry and cities - Causes of Stalemate - Complacency and conservatism caused by: the prevailing political ideology of the time, campaign tactics of the two parties, and party patronage - Belief in Limited Government - Idea of “do-little” gov in line w/ ideas of laissez-faire economics and Social Darwinism - Limited impact of few regulatory laws passed by congress on gov’s powers to regulate business in federal courts - Campaign Strategy - Closeness of elections one reason that Republicans and Democrats avoided taking strong positions on issues - Democrats controlled the House of Reps after 8/10 general elections - Divided gov in Washington (except for years of Harrison when Republicans in control of presidency and both houses of congress) - W/ evenly matched elections goal to not alienate voters on issues to win the vote - Election campaigns used advertising and people-pleasing techniques (buttons, flags…) - Republicans strong organizations on state level; Democrats in cities - ~80% voter turnout - High turnout b/c strong party identification and loyalty plus regional, religious, and ethnic ties of voters - Republicans - Wove the “bloody shirt” during campaign remembering civil war that Democrats caused - Party of Lincoln kept votes of reformers and Af Ams - Men in business; middle-class, Anglo-Saxon Protestants - Supported pro-business economic program of high protective tariffs - Supported temperance or prohibition - Democrats - South solidly Democratic until mid-1900s - In North, strength came from big-city political machines and the immigrant vote - Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews who objected to temperance and prohibition crusades by Protestant groups - States’ rights and limiting powers for the federal gov - Party Patronage - Politics chiefly game of winning elections, holding office, and providing gov jobs - No active legislative agenda - Conkling and supporters known as Stalwarts; rivals were the Half Breeds led by James G. Blaine; patronage jobs within party more important issue than policies - Republicans not in the patronage gaim ridiculed as the Mugwumps for sitting on fence - Considered low point in US politics - Presidential Politics - Rutherford B. Hayes - Disputed election of 1876 - Ended reconstruction by withdrawing last federal troops from the south - Attempted to re-establish honest gov after corrupt Grant administration - Cut off flow of liquor in the white house - Vetoed efforts to restrict Chinese immigration - James Garfield - Republican; election of 1880 - Garfield-Arthur ticket defeated democratic war hero Winfield S. Hancock by close popular vote - Garfield’s choice of Half Breeds for most offices provoked bitter contest w/ Senator Conkling and his Stalwarts - Assassinated by a Stalwart in 1881 and preceded by Chester A. Arthur - Chester A. Arthur - Distanced himself from

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