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| well organized political parties that dominated local and state governments in the late 1800s; dominates city politics |
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| leaders of the political machines |
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| political club that gained power in the 1860s became a political machine in the late 1800s. |
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| political boss in Missouri; provided jobs for AA’s, Irish, and Italian immigrants |
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| the acquisition of money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods |
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| payments of part of the earnings from a job or contract |
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| George Washington Plunkitt |
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| political boss of Tammany Hall…“honest graft” |
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| He and his ring of political supporters used their position of power to gain bribes and kickbacks; revealed through Thomas Nast's political cartoons |
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| Gould and Fisk tried to convince the president not to sell gold from the US treasury so he can gain a monopoly said no they told people he said yes |
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| The Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier of America scandal |
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oBuilding of the transcontinental railroad
oCredit Mobilier overcharged the government and taxpayers
oBribed the officials – Schuyler Colfax – VP |
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| Tax on whisky – people that were collecting the tax were taking bribes from the whisky manufacturers |
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| Name applied by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner to the late 1800s American to describe the corruption and greed that lurked below the surface of society |
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Stalwarts – strongly opposed civil service reform; led by Conkling
Half-breeds were the opposite |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| established to administer examinations to those people seeking government jobs step towards reform only applied to 10% of political jobs |
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| Algonquin word for “big chiefs”; name for reformers that supported Grover Cleveland |
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| National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry; organization founded by Oliver Kelley to tackle economic and political issues concerning farmers |
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| organizations in which groups of farmers pool their resources to buy and sell goods |
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| prohibited railroads from giving secret rebates to large shippers or charging more for short hauls then for long hauls on the same line |
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| system in which each dollar was equal to and redeemable for a set amount of gold |
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| Bland-Allison Act/Sherman Silver Purchase Act |
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| both required the government to buy silver each month and mint it into coins |
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| economic depression; caused by the end of a RR company; Cleveland said it was because of the Sherman Antitrust Act |
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| McKinley v. Bryan; McKinley victory led to the end of Populism and the Populist Party |
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