The 1890s

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The 1890s

• Gilded Age or Gay 90s?

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Vanderbilt

• Vanderbilt party time!
• Trenton newspaper report

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Party Parity

• Who supports whom?

• Does it make any difference?

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Election of 1876

• Democrat - Samuel J. Tilden
• Republican Rutherford B. Hayes

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Grover Cleveland

• Mr. Popularity
• Candidates bland party loyalists
• Positions on issues blander

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Presidential Election Results
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Wild Campaign Fun!

• Political oratory, buttons, slogans, songs
• Massive BBQ, torchlight parades
• Avoidance of serious issues

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Meet the New Boss

• Needs
• Patronage
• Corruption

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George W. Plunkitt

• Tammany Hall
• honest graft
• I seen my opportunities and I took em

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William Marcy Tweed

• Tweed Ring pilfered 75 to 200 million

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Settlement Houses

• ESL
• Citizenship
• Child care
• Housing for immigrants

Jane Addams, Hull House
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Civil Service Reform

• Pendleton Act 1883
• Merit Exams
• Backfired

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Womens Suffrage

• Wyoming Territory 1869
• Colorado 1893
• Idaho and Utah 1896

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Campaign of 1896

• William Jennings Bryan
• Cross of Gold speech
• Mark Hanna of Oz

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McKinleys Victory

• The money question
• The anti-campaign
• Big tool