American History 10- 15.3 notes
- What good purposes can (social) “connections” serve?
- Give a specific example of how a “connection” helped you, a friend or family member.
- What is the bad side of “connections”? Use specific examples.
- How would you describe the picture on page 473?
- What is unusual about the picture?
- What was the time period of the 1870’s, 1880’s and 1890’s called?
- Who named the era?
- What does Gilded mean?
- Why did he pick that name?
- What vocabulary term from Chapter 14 explains how so many people became rich and even millionaires while many more were struggling in poverty? ____________ ____________________
- What does one call an “organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city, which offered services to voters and/or businesses in exchange for political and/or financial support”? _________________ ____________________
- What is an example of how immigrants or other people in cities could benefit from a political machine (powerful law-making group)?
- What is an example of how political machines could use immigrants or other people in cities to their advantage?
- What party controlled the powerful political machines of
- What party controlled the powerful political machines of
- What does “naturalization” mean?
- Who controlled municipal jobs, naturalization, business licenses, and influenced the courts for the political machine? _________________ ________________
- What is the “giving of government jobs to people who helped a candidate get elected” called? _________________
- How can you remember the word “patronage”?
- What are the pros (+) of patronage?
- What are the cons (-) of patronage?
- Who used his power as
- What were the supporters or followers of political machines, bosses, and patronage called?
- Who was the leader of the Stalwarts?
- Who was the good political boss of
- What is “Big Jim” remembered so fondly for?
- Why did “Big Jim” quit politics in 1905?
- Who took over as KC, MO boss?
- What is this an example of?
- What did Tom Pendergast do which made him a negative or bad boss?
- William “_______”
- His party was called _________________ _______________
- He once charged taxpayers $13,000,000 for a courthouse that really cost ____________ to build. He used ____________ to impose his way.
- In 1871, disgruntled machine officials disclosed corrupt information about
- Who was elected US President in each year?
- Elected 1860 and 1864- Republican ______________
- 1865 upon Lincolns's assassination Democrat ______________
- Elected 1868 and 1872 Republican ______________
- 1876- ______________ (tries unsuccessfully to end patronage) Republican
- 1880- ______________ (runs on a campaign to end patronage) Republican
i. 1881- ______________ is assassinated by a _____________
ii. 1881- VP ____________ becomes President (Republican)
1. Arthur was a ________________
2. He still does the honorable thing and passes the ________________ _____________ _____________ ____________, which ended patronage! A ____________ system was set up to determine who is the worthy government employee
- 1884- ______________ (Democrat)
- 1888- ______________ (Republican)
- 1892- ______________
- 1896 and 1900 Republican- __________________. He ends up assassinated in 1901 and VP ____________________ becomes President of the
No reflection required due to the discussion at the beginning of class and these notes being long.
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