Unit 8 Part 2 2013. 1. A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party “Balance”
End of Reconstruction/Start of the Gilded Age in Government: Reconstruction in the South brought in: Federal $$$$$ Northern Politicians Black Army troops.
GILDED AGE Term used by Mark Twain to describe the post-Reconstruction era. “Gilded” means covered with gold- so Gilded.
Begins with “Waving the Bloody Shirt,” Credit Mobilier and the Compromise of 1877 What does it mean to “wave the bloody shirt?” Reviving the images.
U.S. President Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 Republican New York Born: October 5, 1829 Died: November 18, 1886.
From Stalemate to Crisis Politics in the Glided Age.
1866-1896. Warm up List three ways in which the Federal gov’t was involved in the economy from 1793 - 1865.
Gilded Age IV: Politics (1870-1890). Learning Targets I can analyze the role of political machines and patronage in Gilded Age politics. I can evaluate.
A Two-Party Stalemate Two-Party “Balance” Close elections Frequent turnovers in House “Divided Government” –P & at least one house of Congress are different.
Gilded Age Politics
