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Chapter 23-Review Book Chapter 19 National Politics in the Gilded Age,(1877-1900) I.Politics in the Gilded age a.term "guilded age" first used by Mark Twain 1873 b.referred to the superficial glitter of the new wealth c.in the last years of the 19th century d.polititions ignored problems 1.Causes of stalemate 1)prevailing political ideology 2)campaign tactics of two parties 3)party patronage i)Belief in limited government a."do little gov.":liked by laissez-faire econ. and social darwinism ii)campaign strategy a.parties avoided taking a stand on tough issues b.80% of eligible people voted c.democrats after 1877 won confederacy iii)party patronage a. Senator Roscoe Conkling-his supporters known as stalwarts-rivals known as "half breeds" 2.Presidnetial Politcs i)Rutherford B. Hayes:(1876) ended reconstruction by withdrawling troops from south ii)James Garfield(repub. politition)-liked spoils and patronage reform iii)Chester A. Arthur:questioned tariff, denied for renomination by repubs.(rupublicans) in 1884 3.Congressional Leaders a.James G Blaine 1.reshaped republicans 4.Election of 1884 a.Grover Cleveland 5.Clevelands First term a.signed:interstate commerce Act(1887)& dawes act 6.Civil Service, Currency, and Tariffs a.civil service reform i)pendleton act of 1881: applied to 10% of federal employees b.Money question i)debtors,farmers 1.borrow money at lower interest rates 2.pay off their loans ii)panic of 1873 c.greenback party i)specie resumption act ii)james b. weaver of iowa d.demands for silver money i)compromise law; bland-allison act e.tariff issue i)tariff rates-high or low? II.Growth of Discontent(1888-1896) 1.Harrison and the Billion dollar congress i)cleveland challanged high taxes a.election of 1888 i)clevelandvs. ben harrison b.billiondollar congress i)repubs. controlled congress c.return of democrats i)prohibition of alcohol ii)sunday closing laws 2.Rise of the populists a.omaha platform i)populist party ii)direct popular election of us senators iii)enacting of state laws by voters iv)unlimited coinage v)graduated income taxe vi)public ownership of railroads vii)telegraph and telephone systems viii)loans and federal warehouses for farmers ix)eight-hour work day b.the election of 1892 i)James Weaver ii)Cleveland won 3.Depression politics a.panic of 1893 i)stock market crash b.gold reserve and tariff i)decline in silver dollars ii)Wilson-Gorman tariff c.jobless on the march i)coxey's army ii)__Coin's financial school__ III.Turning Point in American Politics 1896 1.Election of 1896 a.Bryan, democrats and populist i)democrats divided-gold/prosliver b.mckinley,hanna, and repubs. i)mckinley repub. nominee c.campaign i)hanna campaigned gor mckinley 2.Mckinley's Presidency i)gold discoveries in alaska end depression 3.Signifigance of the election of 1896 a.populist demise i)party decline in 1896 b.urban dominance i)last hop for rurual areas ii)victory for urban areas c.beginning of modern politics i)Us=international affairs