sticky-redLimited Government interference Belief:
The belief of a Government which doesn't do much as the name implies. The belief was encouraged thanks to ideas such as the Laissez-Faire economics and social Darwinism.
sticky-redGovernment's Complacency and Conservatism beliefs
sticky-yellowTHE GOVERNMENT ISN'T TAKING POLITICS SERIOUSLY
sticky-redCorruption In the Government
Key Ideas:
imagePolitical Machines: Politicians who make or keep followers by paying them to do so.
sticky-yellowPeople's Reaction
sticky-yellowDemands for Reforms/Acts
sticky-yellowCivil Service Reform enacted: Certain job positions were removed from the control of party patronage. This ended the conflicts of the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds, and the corrupt action that were apart of the party patronage entirely. This occurred after the assassination of President Garfield in 1881.
imageRepublican Senator Roscoe Conkling: Leader of his group known as the Stalwarts. He used his power to determine which of his republican followers would be in which important positions in the New York Customs House. He went against an opposing group known as the "Half Breeds", who were much more competitive when it came to getting positions of power.
imageTammany Hall: Infamous Politcal Machine. Provided to businesses, immigrants, and the underprivileged. In return, they must vote for the politicians who helped them.
imageBoss Tweed: One of the largest politicians who were also a political machine. He used his power to demand bribes from companies and to gain more power. The reveal of his actions jailed and killed him. Despite his death, the problems of political machines still lurk with America.
sticky-redParty Patronage: Politics in this era wasn't taken seriously, but more as a game like King of the Hill. Politicians during the era instead of enacting a an active legislative agenda, politicians wanted to make their most loyal followers high government power positions.
sticky-yellowThe Pendleton Act of 1881 and the Civil
Service Commission: These two acts and commissions help set up a proper way to earn positions of power. No longer was it to be chosen by a politician, but now an exam, with whoever having the highest score being able to have high federal positions.
sticky-redNon Participants: Republicans who didn't side with either of these sides were labelled as Mugwumps with them being named that as they were "sitting on the fence—their “mugs” on one side of the fence and “wumps” on the other.".
imageGilded Age Book by Mark Twain
A book written by Mark Twain, meant to criticize the Glided Age. The book criticized the politics of age, where politicians didn't do much, whilst having some of the most forgettable presidents.