The American Pageant - Chapter 23

 

Ch. 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

 

 



Resources

• Chapter 23 .PDF 
• Lecture Notes: Politics in the Gilded Age (.doc)
• Talking Points: Politics of the Gilded Age (.doc)
• Talking Points: The Rise of the Populist Movement (.doc)
• Talking Points: The Election of 1896 (.doc)
• Chapter 23 Outline
• ACE Practice Test

Election Songs:

• 1868 Election Song: Grant, Grant, Grant
• 1868 Election Song: Hurrah for Grant
• 1872 Election Song: Victoria's Banner (Victoria Woodhull and Frederick Douglass; women's suffrage)
• 1876 Election Song: The Boys in Blue (Rutherford Hayes) 
• 1880 Election Song: If the Johnnies Get Into Power Again (Garfield)
• 1884 Election Song: For Victory Again (James G. Blaine and John A. Logan)
• 1888 Election Song: He's All Right (Benjamin Harrison)
• 1888 Election Song: His Grandfather's Hat (anti-Harrison)
• 1892 Election Song: Democrats, Good Democrats (Grover Cleveland)
• 1892 Election Song: (anti-Cleveland)
• 1892: Grover Cleveland  (1:21 min.) - First minute of his 1892 campaign speech, begins with the music "Hail to the Chief."

Liner notes for election songs, including lyrics.

The Era of Good Stealings (p. 503)

• Watch "Boss Tweed and Thomas Nast" - clip from the Ric Burns documentary "This is New York" (9:18 min.)

The Liberal Republican Revolt of 1872 (p. 504)

• 7 Elections That Changed U.S. History: See "1872 - Vegetarian vs. Crooked Incumbent"

Cleveland Battles for a Lower Tariff (p. 518)

• Just for fun,  "The One and Only Genuine, Original Family Band" - a 1968 Disney musical set during the election of 1888.

Links

• "Tammany Hall" board game - available Nov. 2012!