Topic: Evaluating the

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Topic Evaluating the corruption of the Gilded
Age (1868-1890s)
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The Gilded Age (1870-1890s)

• Era named by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
• Social Problems
• Wealth and selfish pursuits
• Class inequalities
• Big Business vs. The People
• Problems of Corruption
• Graft, bribery, kickbacks
• Spoils System
• The Political Machine (Boss Tweed and Tammany
  Hall versus Thomas Nast)
• Politics as sports/entertainment
• Stalemate between the two parties

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The Gilded Age
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Conclusion

• Based on your debate- Was the machine politics of
  the Gilded Age good or bad for the average
  American? Defend your answer in 3-4 sentences.