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SECTION 1 QUIZ
HOT POTATO
How is this
game like
politics?
What is Nast
accusing Boss
Tweed’s
organization of
doing?
What does Boss
Tweed’s position
next to the ballot
container imply?
Which one is Tweed?
How does this cartoon illustrate a political
machine at work?
THOMAS NAST
Political Cartoons helped the illiterate
Also famous for other artwork
NAST IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR…
HINT – Ho Ho Ho
HOW MANY SUCCESSFUL ASSASSINATIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE ON PRESIDENTS?
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Kennedy
GILDED AGE PRESIDENTS
This period was characterized by weak,
forgettable presidents.
Presidents ignored many of the problems
created by the expansion of industry and the
urban environment.
The politicians believed in a “do-little”
government, which relied heavily on laissezfaire and Social Darwinism.
Who were they?
18 – 25… find a fact for each.
ULYSSES S. GRANT – 18TH
Famous Civil War General
Consistently used Congress
as guidance for his
decisions, he was seen as
bewildered and lost.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES – 19TH
His election was the most
controversial up to that point in
American History.
After months of uncertainty, the
final electoral vote was 185-184
A hard working man, he
advocated temperance and
honesty
JAMES GARFIELD – 20TH
James Garfield worked
hard against political
corruption, and gained
back much of the
prestige that the
president lost during the
Reconstruction period.
Was assassinated by a
bewildered lawyer named
Charles Guiteau in 1881.
Guiteau used an early
form of the “insanity
defense,” but it failed.
CHESTER ARTHUR – 21ST
Under his administration the Pendleton
Act of 1883 was passed.
Enacted to curb the Spoils system
Also instituted a civil service exam
GROVER CLEVELAND – 22ND
He served 2 terms, one before
and one after the Harrison
administration
A very solid supporter of LaissezFaire, he once vetoed a bill that
would have supplied aid to
drought ravaged Texas.
Turned to J.P. Morgan to bail the
federal government out of a gold
crisis.
BENJAMIN HARRISON – 23RD
First peacetime Billion
dollar Congressional
budget (high tariffs from
Cleveland)
The first to try to slow
down the trusts with the
Sherman Antitrust act
WILLIAM MCKINLEY – 25TH
Last Gilded
Assassinated
VP - Roosevelt
Guess Who
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
Why were these
known as
“forgettable”
presidents?