gilded age politics party politics reform garfield and arthur blaine and cleveland cleveland and...
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Gilded Age Politics
• Party Politics
• Reform
• Garfield and Arthur
• Blaine and Cleveland
• Cleveland and Reform
• Harrison and the Surplus
• Cleveland Back Again
Republicans
• More Conservative
• Native Born White or Southern Black
• Probably a Protestant
• Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran
Republicans
• More Conservative
• Native Born White or Southern Black
• Probably a Protestant
• Possibly a Union Civil War Veteran
• Most Progressive Reformers were Republicans
Democrats
• More Liberal
• Less inclined to interfere with Business
• Most outsiders were Democrats
• Almost all Southern Whites
Democrats
• More Liberal
• Less inclined to interfere with Business
• Most outsiders were Democrats
• Almost all Southern Whites
• Most Immigrants and Roman Catholics were also Democrats, as were Jews
Party Politics
• Republicans split into two camps
• Stalwarts- led by Roscoe P. Conkling
• Half-Breeds- led by James G. Blaine
Interstate Commerce Act1887
• Created to regulate rates on railroads, but largely a government agency with no enforcement power.