Transcript SOAPS Document Analyze - North Hollywood High School

Political Corruption
in the
Gilded Age
Gilded Age
• Period from 1865-1900
• During period America grew into crowded
cities, big business, and extremes of
wealth and poverty
The Spoils System
• Government jobs were given to people
who helped the campaign but knew
nothing about the position or job
• Caused Civil Serve Reform movement
= qualified people should hold
government jobs DUH……
Political Machine
• political machines controlled the politics of
city governments.
• Most known was Boss Tweed of NYC and
Tammany Hall
• An estimated 75 to 200 million dollars
were swindled from the New York City
between 1865 and 1871
Thomas Nast
• Political cartoonist
• Brings William Tweed to justice with the
use of his political cartoons
SOAPS
S- Speaker- whose voice/ point of view is
being represented in the cartoon
O- Occasion- Time, Place, Setting
A- Audience- who is the piece aimed at?
P-Purpose- Reason why it was written
S- Significance- (historical)
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