Political Corruption

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Across
  1. 2. President who was assassinated by an anarchist
  2. 3. Grant's Secretary of War who got impeached for his corruption
  3. 5. The last jail Boss Tweed was sent to, where he died
  4. 6. Bought his way into presidency with a secret deal to end reconstruction
  5. 8. An age in American politics where corruption and Nativism was at an all-time high
  6. 9. President who marked the end of the Gilded Age
  7. 10. Political cartoonist who led a campaign that eventually emprisoned Tweed
  8. 12. Bribery of politicians
  9. 15. The civil act that limited corruption by allowing citizens to get government jobs based on merit
Down
  1. 1. Attempted scheme by liquid distillers to defraud the US Government millions
  2. 4. Recruits members by bribe or other incentives
  3. 7. Political boss of New York
  4. 11. President whose administration was implicated in the Whiskey Ring Scandal
  5. 13. The New York City political machine controlled by Boss Tweed
  6. 14. Grant's private secretary who was accused in the Whiskey Ring Scandal