1. The Assassination of President James Garfield

2. “Dark Horse” Candidate
Hayes turns out to be a reformer
Blaine’s stature in Republican politics grows
Conkling and Blaine compromise on the Republican ticket
James Garfield the “half-breed”
Chester Arthur the “stalwart”

3. James Garfield Chester Arthur

4. Results

5. Cabinet Secretary of State James Blaine
Secretary of Treasury William Windom
Secretary of War (Defense) Robert Todd Lincoln

6. Office Seeker
Charles Guiteau

7. Assassination Campaigner Ambassador to France
Feels slighted by the Garfield staff
Plots revenge

8. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station

9. Chester Arthur Becomes President
Accused of being a part of a cabal
Pendleton Act
Becomes a reformer
Depression
Dies in 1886

10. Reasons for the Collapse of the Gilded Age
Assassination of President Garfield
Adoption of Civil Service Reform