Good Morning!1. NVC

2. Political Bosses

Essential Question: Were America’s politics corrupt during the Gilded Age?Homework: TEST NEXT MONDAY!

Political Bosses

• Political bosses: political leaders who got people to vote for them by giving favors and making deals with businesses.

• Political Machine: the group of people who made deals and got votes for the political boss– Many in these groups are

immigrants who receive help– Tammany Hall: NYC’s biggest

political machine

On the next slide…

• What do you see here?• Who is in the ring?• What is the cartoonist saying?• Does he like Tammany or not?

The Politics of Fraud?

“As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?”—Boss Tweed

• Do you see any of what Lincoln Steffens describes in America’s politics today?