***Gilded means plated in Gold
The Gilded Age was a term coined by Mark Twain to describe the three decade post-civil war era which consisted of economic expansion along with corruption and materialism; urbanization and industrialization
Aesthetic beauty in closer examination
- Democratic Candidate: Horatio Seymour
Issues: Democrats denounce military reconstruction; southerners not happy w/troops:
Republican party abandons commitment to Reconstruction movement
1882: Chinese Exclusion Act
Institutional Racism in US
Grange-Greenback Labor-Farmers Alliance
Gold Reserve and Tariff
Stalwarts and Half-breeds were Republicans and were pushing for civil service reform (not really):