Politiics of the Gilded Age

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  1. 2. Money is used to gain political favors and votes or win government contracts.
  2. 4. Another form of Money is used to gain political favors or win government contracts.
  3. 7. The Pendleton Civil Service act was the start of breaking whose power in Congress.
  4. 10. Republicans who supported the actions of the Political Machines and the Spoils system.
  5. 12. They made the deals in the election of 1876 in Congress
  6. 15. Was the Political Boss of the Senate who opposed the Pendleton Civil Service Act.
  7. 16. Political Organizations that controlled politics at the local level or higher in the late 19th Century.
  8. 20. Boss Tweeds supporters in Tammany Hall.
  9. 21. Policy after the Civil War for dealing with the South that came to sudden end with the election of 1876.
  10. 22. Money that is used to influence or buy a politician's vote on government contracts.
  11. 23. Is a form of political satiar that brings to light a politican of political policy.
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  1. 1. These were Politicians who wanted to end the power of the bosses and Political Machines.
  2. 2. Political Cartoonist who invented the tattooed man.
  3. 3. Republicans who supported some reforms of the Spoils system.
  4. 5. First member of Congress to be drawn as the Tattooed Man.
  5. 6. The Election of 1876 legitimized this behavior in America.
  6. 8. President who suddenly changed his mind and supported the Pendleton Civil Service Act.
  7. 9. Political Cartoonist who helped bring down Boss Tweed.
  8. 10. The Democratic candidate for President who lost the 1876 election to a deal made by the bosses of Congress.
  9. 11. Political Boss who ran NYC in the late 19th Century.
  10. 13. Headquarters of the Democratic Political Machine in NYC.
  11. 14. the President who was assassinated over the spoils system of the Poltiical Machines.
  12. 17. The Republican who became President in 1876 because of deal made by the bosses in Congress.
  13. 18. Popular Newspaper printed in German and English, that used Political Cartoons to show dissatisfaction with politicians.
  14. 19. Nickname of William M. Tweed.