1. Name________________________ Period______________ The Gilded Age: The Politics of Corruption and the Corruption of Politics Who came up with the term Gilded Age?___________________________ President James A.___________________ was assassinated. President Andrew Johnson vetoed the _________________________________. Was Andrew Johnson found guilty?___________. Name three scandals that happened during Grant’s presidency. 1. 2. 3. Credit Mobilier was founded by a VP of the ___________________________ Railroad. Who won the ELECTORAL COLLEGE in 1876?______________________________ The man who shot Garfield called himself a ___________________________________. The Pendleton Act established a___________________________ based system. Republican Roscoe Conkling was a part of the______________________faction. Supports the --______________ system. Republican James Blaine was a part of the_____________________________ faction. Supports the___________________ system. Tammany Hall was an example of a_____________________________________. Boss Tweed’s real name was___________________________________. Cartoonist _____________________ helped to bring down Boss Tweed. How They Did It… How they got people to vote: Voting Scenario One:_______________________________________________ Voting Scenario Two:_______________________________________________ Voting Scenario Three:_______________________________________________ Voting Scenario Four:_________________________________________________ Politicians groomed_______________and___________________ for their own political causes. Which presidential candidate was attacked by the newspaper called Truth?_____________________________ Senator ________________________ of ______________________ was purchased by Standard Oil. Did he have much power in congress?______________________________ Name one Republican who has been in trouble this decade___________________________ Name one Democrat who has been in trouble this decade______________________________ What similarities do you see with the scandals of the past compared to those of today? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name___________________________________________ Period_________ You will fill in the name of each president, his number, his party affiliation, home state, and some interesting facts about him. 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