The Gilded Age

The gilded age is the modernization of america where people were poverty stricken and there was a lack of population.

CRAPPY GOVERNMENT

Issues: Like china
Poor labour
Bad treatment
Pollution
Child labour
Health and sanitation
"Human Rights"
Monopolies
Corruption

Crédit Mobilier uses subsidies from the government to build railroads with central pacific and pads it own pockets with about half of the money which it then uses to pay off other politicians. The congress chose Credit Mobilier because they had shares in it and therefore profited on the stock.

Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Stanford, Morgan, Fisk

James A. Garfield Republican, vs. Winfield Scott Hancock Democrat
Garfield wins by a small margin

Charles J. Guiteau shoots garfield in an attempt to get a job from his vice president.
This was caused by the winning partys giving spoils/jobs to their favorites amd so the pendleton act of 1883 was created to prevent the politicians from abusing their power in this way. This is the first act against corruption and causes politicians to look more closely between the relationships between them and the corporations.

Set to protect industry supported by republicans
Hated by people buying from outside sources the democrats
Ceased when income taxes were implemented

Blaine vs. Cleveland
Trying to look like the most sanctimonious.
Blaine was caught being corrupt and cleveland was scandalized about his childhood.

Economic crisis creates political change

The farmers create coops and this in turn creates the peoples party formed by farmers and industrial workers. They go off on their own because they are mad at democratic president cleveland. When they form they tear support from the democratic party thereby putting the republicans into power. Their spokesman is William Jennings Bryan who loses the presidency 3 times.