Gilded Age
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| With the end of Reconstruction, there were few major political issues at stake and the [[1880 United States presidential election|1880 presidential election]] was the quietest in a long time. [[James Garfield]], the Republican candidate, won a very close election, but a few months into his administration was shot by a disgruntled public office seeker. Garfield was succeeded by his Vice President [[Chester Arthur]]. | With the end of Reconstruction, there were few major political issues at stake and the [[1880 United States presidential election|1880 presidential election]] was the quietest in a long time. [[James Garfield]], the Republican candidate, won a very close election, but a few months into his administration was shot by a disgruntled public office seeker. Garfield was succeeded by his Vice President [[Chester Arthur]]. |
| Reformers, especially the "[[Mugwump]]s" complained that powerful parties made for corruption during the Gilded Age or "[[Third Party System]]". Voter enthusiasm and turnout during the period 1872–1892 was very high, often reaching practically all men. The major issues involved modernization, money, railroads, corruption, and prohibition. National elections, and many state elections, were very close. The [[1884 United States presidential election|1884 presidential election]] saw a mudslinging campaign in which Republican [[James G. Blaine]] was defeated by Democrat [[Grover Cleveland]], a reformer.<ref>H. Wayne Morgan, ''From Hayes to McKinley: National Party Politics, 1877–1896'' (1969)</ref> During Cleveland's presidency, he pushed to have Congress cut tariff duties. He also expanded civil services and vetoed many private pension bills. Many people were worried that these issues would hurt his chances in the [[1888 United State presidential election|1888 election]]. When they expressed these concerns to Cleveland, he said "What is the use of being elected or reelected, unless you stand for something?" | Reformers, especially the "[[Mugwump]]s" complained that powerful parties made for corruption during the Gilded Age or "[[Third Party System]]". Voter enthusiasm and turnout during the period 1872–1892 was very high, often reaching practically all men. The major issues involved modernization, money, railroads, corruption, and prohibition. National elections, and many state elections, were very close. The [[1884 United States presidential election|1884 presidential election]] saw a mudslinging campaign in which Republican [[James G. Blaine]] was defeated by Democrat [[Grover Cleveland]], a reformer.<ref>H. Wayne Morgan, ''From Hayes to McKinley: National Party Politics, 1877–1896'' (1969)</ref> During Cleveland's presidency, he pushed to have Congress cut tariff duties. He also expanded civil services and vetoed many private pension bills. Many people were worried that these issues would hurt his chances in the [[1888 United States presidential election|1888 election]]. When they expressed these concerns to Cleveland, he said "What is the use of being elected or reelected, unless you stand for something?" |
| The dominant social class of the Northeast possessed the confidence to proclaim an "[[American Renaissance]]", which could be identified in the rush of new public institutions that marked the period—hospitals, museums, colleges, opera houses, libraries, orchestras— and by the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] architectural idiom in which they splendidly stood forth, after Chicago hosted the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] of 1893.<ref>[[Charles W. Calhoun]], ed. ''The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America'' (2nd ed. 2007)</ref> | The dominant social class of the Northeast possessed the confidence to proclaim an "[[American Renaissance]]", which could be identified in the rush of new public institutions that marked the period—hospitals, museums, colleges, opera houses, libraries, orchestras— and by the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] architectural idiom in which they splendidly stood forth, after Chicago hosted the [[World's Columbian Exposition]] of 1893.<ref>[[Charles W. Calhoun]], ed. ''The Gilded Age: Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America'' (2nd ed. 2007)</ref> |
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