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2. Objectives: 4. Describe the relationship between Thomas Nast and Boss Tweed. 4. Describe the relationship between Thomas Nast and Boss Tweed. 5. Explain what a “Muckraker” does. 5. Explain what a “Muckraker” does.

5. Homework Answers: 2a. Patronage: Giving jobs to loyal supporters 2a. Patronage: Giving jobs to loyal supporters

6. 2b.Civil Service: all federal (government) jobs except elected officials or military 2b.Civil Service: all federal (government) jobs except elected officials or military –Post office, schools, police….etc

7. Homework Answers 3. What 2 concerns dominated Gilded age politics? 3. What 2 concerns dominated Gilded age politics? –Special interests (Big business buying government) –Political corruption (Dishonesty, hiring supporters who aren’t qualified)

8. Spoils System Giving jobs to your friends instead of those who are qualified.

9. Homework Answers: 4. Why did many Americans favor the creation of a Civil Service? - That way people would get jobs because they were qualified, not just because they knew an elected official.

10. Homework Answers: 5a. Why did the congress create the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) 5a. Why did the congress create the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) –To watch over the railroad companies, make sure they were being fair. –Enforce the Interstate Commerce Act– Forbids unfair business practices (rebates, pools)

11. Homework Answers: 5b. Was the Interstate Commerce Commission effective? 5b. Was the Interstate Commerce Commission effective? –Not at first, judges favored big business.

12. Homework Answers: 7. Why do you think early efforts to regulate big business had little success? 7. Why do you think early efforts to regulate big business had little success? –Judges usually sided with big business –Many early measures weren’t powerful enough

13. William “Boss” Tweed: Boss of New York; very corrupt, cheated the city out of over 100 million dollars. William “Boss” Tweed: Boss of New York; very corrupt, cheated the city out of over 100 million dollars.

14. Thomas Nast: Cartoonist who invented Santa Claus, also brought down Tweed with his cartoons. Thomas Nast: Cartoonist who invented Santa Claus, also brought down Tweed with his cartoons.

15. Boss Tweed: “I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them 'darned' pictures.” Boss Tweed “I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them 'darned' pictures.” Boss TweedBoss TweedBoss Tweed

16. Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus

19. Boss. "You have the liberty of Voting for any one you please; but we have the Liberty of Counting in any one we please."

20. To the Victor go the Spoils!

21. Boss Tweed: Let us prey!

22. Muckrakers Journalists who exposed problems of society to public view. Journalists who exposed problems of society to public view. –They “raked the dirt” to show the problems.

23. Spoils System Giving jobs to your friends instead of those who are qualified.

24. Progressives believed: Public Interest: what is for the good of ALL the people should guide government. Not just for the rich and powerful. Public Interest: what is for the good of ALL the people should guide government. Not just for the rich and powerful.