THERE are some books that define a decade. In the 1870s‚ one such book was The Gilded Age‚ published by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. It is not a flattering portrait of American society (gilded means coated with cheap gold paint)‚ but it was a truthful one. During the so-called Gilded Age‚ our country silently fell into ruin. And there was no one to blame but ourselves. “Get rich; dishonestly is we can. honestly if we must.” was a remark made by Mark Twain. To him‚ it seemed as if our country
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In the late 19th century‚ the political machine known as Tammany Hall arose to mass fame and power. The leaders of Tammany Hall‚ most notably known to be run by “Boss” Tweed‚ realized that in order for the Irish to gain popularity and to be treated as first class citizens‚ they needed to be present in the politics‚ and with the large population
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Ancient Order of Hibernians Irish semi-secret society that served as a benevolent organization for downtrodden Irish immigrants in the United States. Awful Disclosures (1836) Maria Monk’s sensational expose of alleged horrors in Catholic convents. Its popularity reflected nativist fears of Catholic influence. clipper ships Small‚ swift vessels that gave American shippers an advantage in the carrying trade. Clipper ships were made largely obsolete by the advent of sturdier‚ roomier iron steamers
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By chiefly drawing on legal precedence in four court cases—Brown‚ Governor of California‚ et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Association‚ et al. (Brown v. EMA)‚ Ginsberg v. New York‚ Case v. Unified School District‚ and Campbell v. St-Tammany Parish School Board—‚ this paper endorses the claim that all books which present controversial subject matter should have an informative label on them. Controversial subject matter is stipulated as any content that may cause emotional or mental harm on well-being
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American politics that immigration brought about were very little; power was kept by the WASPs (White Anglo Saxon Protestants). Irish Americans began sticking together for collective political clout which brought about the significance of Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall was notorious for the corruption in city and state politics that it fostered; it was built by local politics to support the Democratic Party and it provided immigrants with a social “safety net”. It also controlled businesses‚ influenced
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multi-layered metro-archeology than a city. Five Points peals back a hundred years of rewritten history to reveal the seedy brawling side of life in the 19th century. Tammany Hall - the popular name for the democratic ’machine’ that ran New York City - is perhaps the most immediate touchstone for the casual reader. In the late 19th century Tammany came under the thrall of one Boss Tweed who used political and just plain brute force to keep the machine in power. For most‚ the scandal is merely a dim memory
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They gave it contracts to build the railroad. Shares were sold or given to influential congressmen in this construction. The Tweed Ring Scandal The Tweed Ring was more than just a Democratic Party scandal. William “Boss” Tweed was the leader of Tammany Hall‚ which was
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Corruption in the Gangs of New York The Gilded Age‚ or as it is commonly referred to as‚ the era of corruption‚ took place in 1877 to 1900. This time period was most effectively portrayed in the novel and movie‚ The Gangs of New York‚ which was written by Herbert Asbury. The Gangs of New York focused on a time of political corruption during a period of massive increase in immigration in New York. In this essay I will discuss three themes: immigration‚ Political machines‚ and bad situations‚ that
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Adam Choquette Period 4 US History The Gilded Age DBQ Emerging from the shadows of the Civil War prosperous‚ many ‘shoddy millionaires’ profited through schemeful enterprising‚ cheating the US government of millions of dollars. Unlike true patriots‚ such profiteers furnished union soldiers with ‘shoddy’ rather than virgin wool‚ and sold the United States government cardboard soles of shoes rendering many Union soldiers ill-equipped during the Civil War. In the context of capitalism‚ these so
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ISSUE 5 Did William M. Tweed Corrupt Post - Civil War New York? YES: Alexander B. Callow‚ Jr.‚ from The Tweed Ring (Oxford University Press‚ 1966) NO: Leo Hershkowitz‚ from Tweed’s New York: Another Look (Anchor Press‚ 1977) ISSUE SUMMARY YES: Professor emeritus of history Alexander B. Callow‚ Jr.‚ insists that by exercising a corrupting influence over the city arid state government‚ as well as over key elements within the business community‚ William M. “Boss” Tweed and his infamous
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