**Sec. 7.3 Notes Flashcards
an era of serious problems masked by a thin gold gilding
gilded age
6 key themes of Gilded Age -
social justice greed reform corruption wealth inequalitites
anything can happen
growing corruption
—governments hands off!!!!
(example: political machines)
Laissez Fair
what was the goal of the political machine -
canidate elected through bribary, fraud & corruption
a powerful leader - through bribed people, electron fraud
Boss Tweed
it’s also known as spoils system
patronage system
it elected officals
appointed friends/supporters to jobs exchange for votes
—–unequalified people are working
patronage system
reforms of the patronage system ..
to get rid of it!
want appointments on merit
he passes the civil service act -
Chester Arthur
it reforms patronage system by 2 parties
civil service act
civil service reform affects __________
campaign finances
because of this civil service reform… it causes issues. and people cant’t bribe others anymore…. so people start looking towards who …
big buisnessmen
main issue w/ politicians receiving large campaigns -
tarrifs want to be raised, so ppl forced to buy products
big buisnessmen only cared about …
themselves
this raised tariffs to the highest rate ever
Mickenley Tariff Act
