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| giving out government jobs for favors |
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| building of the transcontinental railroad, congress members profited |
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| Whisky distributors bribed the treasury department to reduce their taxes |
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| coined by Mark Twain; wealth and confort hid the corruption of the times |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| competitive examinations for government jobs, started by president arthur, covered only 10% of the jobs |
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| President during the gilded age |
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| Political cartoonist who portrayed boss tweed and tammany hall in a negative way |
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| wrote "THe Gilded Age" with Warner, values of wealthy Americans and the nature of politics after Civil War |
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| won the election of 1884 for being an "honest man" |
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| President who reformed Civil Service because of Garfield's assasination |
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| Grant Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland Harrison Cleveland McKlinley |
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