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This lecture explores how rampant economic and political corruption colored American society and culture during the Gilded Age. ... How did the federal government transform the American economy during the Gilded Age?
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us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture04.html
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[06:57] Lecture Title #04: The Gilded Age, and the Politics of Corruption ... [10:30] U.S. was an underdeveloped country during the Gilded Age ... Two general themes caused tension during the Gilded Age:
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us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/textonly/lecture04...
us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/textonly/lecture04.html
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During the first years of the Gilded Age, Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall provided more services to the poor than any city government before it, although far more money went into Tweed's own pocket. Corruption extended to the highest levels of government.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html
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A social doctrine espoused by many wealthy businessmen during the Gilded Age that justified the growing income gap between rich and poor by arguing that God blessed the industrious with riches.
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www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/terms.htm...
www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/terms.html
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The Civil War had transformed the North into one of the most heavily industrialized regions in the world, and during the Gilded Age, businessmen reaped enormous profits from this new economy. Powerful tycoons formed giant trusts to monopolize the production of goods that were in high demand.
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www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/summary.h...
www.sparknotes.com/history/american/gildedage/summary.html
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Republican Candidate James G. Blaine was scorned during the campaign as “Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, that continental liar from the State of Maine!” because of charges of corruption involving railroad interests. ... Although high tariffs were clearly not beneficial to consumers during the Gilded Age, the idea of...
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www.sagehistory.net/gildedage/GildedAPolitics.htm
www.sagehistory.net/gildedage/GildedAPolitics.htm
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Political Corruption During the Gilded Age in America ... 1. You will use your editorial to convince the editor of The New York Times to run your story in favor of exposing political corruption, during the gilded age. You will make note of policy that was created during that time. ...
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www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/crit6/heidenheimerwq1.html
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Between 1865 and the 1890s, Americans settled 430 million acres in the Far West--more land than during the preceding 250 years of American history. ... It is easy to caricature the Gilded Age as an era of corruption, conspicuous consumption, and unfettered capitalism. But it is more useful to think of this as modern...
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www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm
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Economic changes also affected Illinois politics. During the war Illinois had become an increasingly industrial state receptive to Republicans' high tariffs and railroad promotion. ... The protective tariff became one of the Gilded Age's most contentious national political issues. Despite the Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock...
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dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/politics.html
dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/politics.html
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