U.S. History /// Mr. Paulson /// Tues. Jan. 3, 2012
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1. Explain Carnegie’s quote – “the man who
dies rich dies disgraced…”
2. What were some of the problems that
came along with industrialization and the
Gilded Age?
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Spark # 10
Business Items
God has a sense of humor
Concept Attainment
Political Machine
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Finish ---
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When was the last time you needed a favor
from someone? What did you need?
Is it always important that a person “pay
back” their favors?
If you were forced to move –today– what
would you take with you??
Now you can only take what can fit in your
backpack, what would you take??
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Millions of immigrants, from many
different cultures arrived in U.S. in late
1800’s and early 1900’s
What was life like for immigrants “fresh
off the boat?”
Where did they come from?
Why did they come?
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Politics in Gilded Age dominated by scandals
and corruption
Spoils system-bribery, unqualified and
dishonest officials
Hayes - corrupt and scandals
Garfield - corrupt and assassinated
political machines dominate city politics
monopolies heavily influence national politics
Unofficial city “organization” –meant to keep
party or group in power
 Usually boss picked puppet to hold office
 Exchange of favors---bosses take advantage
of poor immigrants (they have nothing!!)
 Form of welfare
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 Bosses and machine helped immigrants when
government and private industry would not
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Cincinnati’s George B. Cox-rare honest
example
“Boss Tweed”- Tammany Hall Dem’s in NYC
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“Under the
Thumb”
cartoon
William
Tweed
Or
“Boss Tweed”
Tammany Hall
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Thomas Nast-German immigrant cartoonist
Depicted Tweed as dictator and thief who
manipulated government
Exposed Tweed to public and helped bring him
down
What did Boss Tweed boss?
“Who stole the people’s money? –Do Tell
‘Twas Him”
What do you see?
 What are the symbols?
 What do you think is the
message of the cartoon?
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late 1800's - increase in newspaper and magazine
circulation = rise and use of political cartoons.
Political cartoons - communicate powerful ideas
often in a humorous, enlightening manner, by
incorporating the events of the period into an easily
understandable format most people could relate to
even with limited reading abilities. Symbols,
caricature, drawings and exaggerations used by the
cartoonist point out themes and problems of any
given time period.
Largely illiterate, non-English speaking population –
pictures are key!
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