Gilded Age Politics Part 1

The Republicans “Waving the Bloody shirt” Nationalism/ National unity Pro-business Northern, wealthy, Civil War vets, African-American Nativist Pro-tariff

The Democrats Southern whites & urban Northerners (poor, immigrant) Laissez-faire & personal liberties Disenfranchisement of AA Anti-tariff (in theory)

Political Associations The Grange (see earlier notes) Mugwumps Conservative reformers, pushing for honest gov’t and civil service reform National American Women’s Suffrage Association Women’s Christian Temperance Union

The Presidents Conservative Narrow view of role of president President= administrative job… not a leadership position!

James Garfield/Chester Arthur Assassination Charles Guiteau Chester A. Arthur Pendleton Act Garfield Arthur

Grover Cleveland 1st Democrat after Civil War Served 2 non-consecutive terms Married during Presidency Sex-scandal Help of the Mugwumps ICC Pullman Strike

Interstate Commerce Commission 1st federal regulatory agency Regulating Interstate Commerce is a federal right The Federal Gov’t can now regulate railroad rates!

Benjamin Harrison Sherman Anti-Trust McKinley Tariff, 1890 Vague & useless Impossible to enforce Ban of “illegal combinations” applied to labor unions! McKinley Tariff, 1890

Election of 1896 Republicans Democrats Populists Outcome William McKinley Democrats William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold Populists Outcome McKinley