15.3 Notes and disussion

Chapter 15 Section 3

Student Learning Objective- Students will identify the pros and cons of attaining jobs, etc. through social connections.

American History 10- 15.3 notes and discussion (10/10/23)

1. What good purposes can (social) “connections” serve? 

2. Give a specific example of how a “connection” helped you, a friend or family member.

3. What is the bad side of “connections”?  Use specific examples.

4. How would you describe the picture on page 473?

5. What is unusual about the picture?

6. What was the time period of the 1870’s, 1880’s and 1890’s called?

7. Who named the era?

8. What does Gilded mean?

9. Why did Twain pick that name?

10. What vocabulary term from Chapter 14/Industrialization explains how so many people became rich and even millionaires while many more were struggling in poverty? ____________ ____________________

11. What does one call an “organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a city, which offered services to voters and/or businesses in exchange for political and/or financial support”? _________________ ____________________

12. What is an example of how political machines could use immigrants or other people in cities to their advantage?

13. What does “naturalization” mean?

14. Who controlled municipal jobs, naturalization, business licenses, and influenced the courts for the political machine? _________________ _______________

15. What is the “giving of government jobs to people who helped a candidate get elected” called? _________________

16. How can you remember the word “patronage”?

17. What are the pros (+) of patronage?

18. What are the cons (-) of patronage?

Revisit- Student Learning Objective- Students will make a correlation between their social connections  and the political connections of the late 1800's in order to analyze and evaluate patronage (Spoils System).

American History 10- 15.3 notes and discussion continued(10/11/23)

Student Learning Objective #1- Students will identify the important facts of the presidencies of  Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison by answering the questions while watching 60 second presidents!

1. Why was James Garfield killed?

2. What type of Republican was Chester Arthur?

3. Did Arthur keep patronage going or end it with the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

4. Who is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms (elected 1884, not 1888 and elected 1892)

5. What is important about Benjamin Harrison? (Elected 1888)

6. Who used his power as New York City boss to create parks, sewer systems, hospitals, orphanages, etc.?

7. What were the supporters or followers of political machines, bosses, and patronage called?

8. Who was the leader of the Stalwarts?

9. Who was the good political boss of Kansas City, MO until 1905?

10. What is “Big Jim” remembered so fondly for?

11. Read “a personal voice” on page 474.  What is the point of this “Big Jim” Pendergast quote?

12. Why did “Big Jim” quit politics in 1905?

13. Who took over as KC, MO boss?

14.What is this an example of?

15. What did Tom Pendergast do which made him a negative or bad boss?

16. William “_______” Tweed is the most infamous political boss (of New York City”.

17. His party was called _________________ _______________

18. He once charged taxpayers $13,000,000 for a courthouse that really cost ____________ to build.  He used ____________ to impose his way.

19. In 1871, disgruntled machine officials disclosed corrupt information about Tweed to the __________ _________ ___________

20. Tweed offered Thomas Nast ______________ to stop making political cartoons about his corruption

21. Tweed offered the owner of a newspaper __________________ not to publish material damaging his reputation.

22. Tweed’s ring is believed to have stolen between __________ and ___________.

23. How is Tweed portrayed in this political cartoon?

24. How is Tweed portrayed another political cartoon?

25. Who did Tweed take advantage of?

Student writing assignment- Student Learning Objective #2- Evaluate patronage (Spoils system, connections in government)