...business' and buildings that needed their help in New York City. After three years of authority and power coming from the Tweed Ring, New York City's debt tripled, and the taxes rose as well. The biggest downfall came when newspapers such as "The times", and "Harpers weekly", began to release scandalous articles. However, even after this, in November of 1871, Tweed was reelected for another term in state senate. In December, he was arrested and pressed with charges of fraud. He was arrested several times, and on several occasions had either been released and recaptured, or had escaped and been recaptured. He was later placed in Ludlow street jail where he would remain until 1878, when he died of heart failure caused by pneumonia. The credit mobilier scandal took place from 1872-1873. During this time, during the building of the...
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...These are three very intriguing scandals that people have pulled off. The first is The Tweed Ring Scandal which happened in New York. The second is The Credit Mobilier Scandal. The last is Black Friday which was a gold scandal. They are all very strategically planned scandals. Most of these scandal actually got pulled off somehow. My favorite scandal would have to be the Tweed Ring scandal. They managed to get anywhere from 30 million dollars to 200 million dollars. The main guy that was in the scandal was called boss tweed. He had the entire state New York under his fingertips. For now lets get into The Tweed Ring Scandal. "William "Boss" Tweed began his rise to influence in the late 1840s as a volunteer fireman in New York...
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...In 1867, during Andrew Johnson's presidency, Congressman Oakes Ames distributed cash bribes and discounted Crédit Mobilier shares of stock to other congressmen, in exchange for votes and actions favorable to the Union Pacific. The story was broken by the New York newspaper, The Sun, during the 1872 presidential campaign, when Ulysses S. Grant was running for re-election. Included in the group of legislators named as having received cash or discounted shares of stock were: former Representative Schuyler Colfax, then serving as Grant's Vice President; Henry Wilson, the senator selected to replace Colfax as vice presidential nominee during the 1872 Presidential election; James G. Blaine, then-Speaker of the House; and Representative James Garfield, the future president of the United States. The scandal caused widespread public distrust of Congress and the federal government during the Gilded Age. Ultimately, Congress investigated 13 of its members in a probe that led to the censure of Ames and James Brooks, a Democrat from New York....
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...Reconstruction Essay By the time that the civil war came to an end the South was in shambles in just about every area imaginable. Many things were destroyed in the South, entire cities, farms and plantations were destroyed and left the South in much need of being rebuilt. The economy of the South was also very bad, inflation became such an issue that very simple items began to cost hundreds of dollars each and as a result many people died of starvation and couldn’t afford essential items. Taking all of this into account, by 1865 Washington had a pretty daunting task of rebuilding the South. Right after major victories in Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 President Lincoln began putting his plan into action to reunify the North and the South. Lincoln was under belief that the South had never legally seceded from the Union so as a first act to get reconstruction under way he announced the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863. Lincoln created another plan to move reconstruction forward and this was the Ten Percent Plan. The Ten Percent Plan specified that a Southern state could be readmitted to the Union after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. This plan effectively and efficiently ended the war quickly although radical republicans clamored for a higher percentage of people to swear an oath to the Union. It was definitely a plan that enticed the South to surrender quickly. Similar to Lincoln, President Johnson wanted to get Reconstruction...
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...Reconstruction • Lincoln dies - Andrew Johnson, a Southern Democrat, becomes president Johnson the Politician • Johnson owned a few slaves and defended slavery and "states' rights" • But he was a small time farmer who did not own slaves early in his life. • He got elected by protecting the rights of non-slaveholding yeoman farmers • He proposed the Homestead Act • But he cared more about the Union than he did about slavery, so when the South seceded, he was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union • That is why the republicans chose him to be Lincoln’s vice-presidential candidate in the 1864 election, so that border states with large slave-holding populations would vote for the Republican candidate • But when Lincoln died, Johnson implemented his own Reconstruction Plan during the first 8 months of his term as president. (It was based on Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan”) Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan • Handed out thousands of pardons to Confederate soldiers and politicians • Enforced Lincoln’s plan to admit states if they ratified the 13th Amendment • Took back the land promised to the slaves of Edisto Island, South Carolina (“40 Acres and a Mule”) • But, Johnson's plan left rebuilding the South in the hands of the same people who controlled the Southern governments during slavery • “States Rights” , to Johnson, meant not just letting the South rebuild what the Union army destroyed...
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...Embezzlement a White Collar Crime As we are children we grow up to learn that stealing is an action that has consequences and should not be committed, as we grow older however we are exposed to a world in, which cheating and bribery as well as stealing is prevalent all around the world and has dire consequences for the individuals that are victims to this offense as well as the people who commit this treacherous act. In the real world the determining factors in a person getting convicted and punished all differ depending on the action and the amount of money that was stolen and the actions that were undertaken to embezzle the funds necessary to complete the crime. As time progressed, the punishment for what embezzlement entails has changed, this has coincided with the evolution of the legal system and the definition of embezzlement changing has well as the moral awareness increasing through our countries history. Embezzlement is a non-violent offense that is an economic crime and has been around since the 1800s and before the innovation of the term white collar crime. While embezzlement does not exhibit the violence of a crime such as assault or robbery the effects of the crime ripple through communities and impair the ability of individuals to trust entities and businesses with their hard earned money. Through examining the evolution of embezzlement and how it has evolved from the 1800s to the mid- 1900s and today is what will be examined in these next pages. By examining the...
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...Post Civil War and after the term of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant is elected. This leads to a wave of corruption in the government mainly due to his inexperience as a politician. Although the Republican Party enthusiastically nominates him, this soon ends up going down hill. Grant constantly got bribed and became flooded with citizens wanting favors. Grant participated in many scandals such as the Credit Mobilier Scandal, involving railroad companies. Also both political parties practiced Patronage, offering civil jobs in return for votes. It was similar to the Spoils System which occurred during Jackson’s term. In general, politics became corrupt and political machines took over. Interpretation Populists were reformers who strongly wanted change in America. To many historians, Populists were viewed as heroes and often romanticized. Others, such as Hofstadter saw them as “harassed little country businessmen” who were targeting big businesses, immigrants, and urbanism to a certain extent. He showcased the more negative sides of Populists. But on the other hand, C. Vann Woodward saw them as “authentic reformers with genuine grievances” and argued that their actions and motives were just. All of these viewpoints depict Populists differently, and cause people to have a distinct outlook on them....
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...Assignment 1.1: Industrialization after the Civil War Thesis and Outline Crystal Nix Strayer University May14 , 2015 The Industrial Revolution changed America in a major way. The Revolution affected government and people’s way of life as a whole. After the Civil War was the period of industrialization. It was the period where industrial cities were built, many jobs were created, and certain people gained a great amount of wealth. It was an important time in history where African Americans and women gained equal rights and there were many advancements in technology. Society, economy, and politics were three signifigant aspects that were changed by industrialization after the Civil War. Before this era most Americans worked for themselves on farms or owned businesses. Soon people began leaving farms to move into cities to work in factories. Assembly lines were introduced during this era. They made it possible to mass produce products. These jobs were usually monotonous and dangerous. On an assembly each worker was responsible for specific part of the product. They no longer had the freedom or working for themselves. Employers hired unskilled labor which most of the time were women and children. Americans now were working for someone else and were working long hours for little pay and treated miserably, which led to horrible working conditions. Iron and steel had become big business during this time. The economy had grown due to the new industries that were...
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...Chapter 23 1. “Waving the bloody shirt”: * a term used during elections for those who fought in the Civil War * many used this to win the election during the reconstruction 2. Tweed Ring: * “Boss” Tweed * Corrupt powerful in machine politics 3. Credit Mobilier Scandal: * Union Pacific railroad company created a construction company to steal money from the government- gov. pays for railroads * Important because government money was stolen 4. Panic of 1873: * production was greater than demanded * soft (paper) vs. hard (gold and silver) money; Greenback labor party- wanted more greenbacks- they elected 14 members of congress (party of farmers) 5. Gilded Age: * known as the “era of good stealing’s” * politics used the term “waving the bloody shirt” 6. Compromise of 1877: * Hayes (rep.) and Tilden (dem.) ran in the 1877 election * Hayes wins and reconstruction ends and the creation of the Jim Crow laws happens 7. Sharecropping: * after the slaves were freed they went back to work on the plantations but as sharecroppers * Sharecroppers always in debt 8. Jim Crow: * Southern states passed laws to deny civil rights to freedmen; white supremacy * Pole tax- pay tax because you exist- only enforced on freedmen- right to vote 9. Plessy v. Ferguson: * Supreme Court case- a black man bought a first class train ticket. * Court ruled “separate but equal” is constitutional ...
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...sport” Both parties roughly equal in strength Elections focused on personalities and patronage not issues Very laissez faire federal govt. From 1870 -1900= govt. dud very little domestically Main duties of the federal govt. Deliver the mail Maintain a national military Collect taxes and traffic Well- defined voting blocs Democratic bloc= white southerners (preservation of white supremacy) Catholics Recent immigrants (Jews) Urban working poor ( pro labor ) Most farmers Republican Bloc Northern whites(pro business) Blacks Northern prostants Party bosses (senator roscoe Conkling) Presidents should avoid offending any factions of their party The grant administration Scandal ridden seen as on of the most corrupt in history Uses Spoil System 1872 credit mobilier: stock given to key members of congress to avoid a bribery investigation vice president Colfax and future president James Garfield implicated 1876- the whiskey ring exercise tax money embezzled by members of grants administration including secretary 1869-1877 wide spread theft/ embezzlement Corruption in the cites the rise of “ political machines” – organization that traded favors and services for votes provided immigrants with basic services ; embezzled or stole millions of $$$ from State and local governments Tammany hall of NYC Boss tweed William Marcy “ Boss Tweed Ran Tammany hall 1880 presidential election republicans Half breeds – Sen. James g Blaine Stalwarts Sen....
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...Assignment 1.2: Research Paper Industrialization after the Civil War Shana Dukes History 105 Professor Tracey M. Biagas February 3. 2014 Introduction Industrialization after the Civil War was a period where Industrial city were being built, there were jobs for people and the political aspect was having corruption. In this paper the main points in this paper discussed the major aspects of the Industrialization Revolution, such as groups that were affected by the Industrial society, and the affects the life of the average working American. While the Industrial Revolution was a great turning point in the history of mankind, it led humanity to great technological advancements, middle and lower class, African American rights, woman equal rights, and many others. Three Aspects of the Industrial Revolution Three major aspects of the Industrial Revolution during 1865 to 1920 influenced society, economy, and politics. Society was a major aspect of Industrialization because companies were being built, railways was distributing goods to different states (Arrington, 2013). Also, a lot of people were moving from the South and farm areas to the Northern urban areas. Iron and steel had become more vital to the Industrialization of America, and the United States was becoming more Industrialized and less agricultural (Gilder Lehrman Institute, 2009). The society worked in factories to earn money; they also worked at steel plants, and other jobs. Society played a major aspect...
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...swift and even ruthless. Railroads served as the primary means for transporting both goods and individuals through the continent, and were built no matter the cost, be it human or environmental. During the construction of the railroad the Shawnee were forced to surrender nearly 1.4 million acres of land, and railroad towns created would open only to whites, not natives. The brutality of railroad companies did not stop with Indians, as funding for the infrastructure was notoriously corrupt. The separate interests of rail companies and extreme prices for construction (up to $48,000 for a mile of mountain track) required a mass of capital, to be acquired by loans. Mary Klein mentions the company Credit Mobilier, and their overestimation of bond values leading to a massive financial scandal. Worse yet, economic constraints like the Pacific Railroad act of 1862 made it difficult to build the railroad in an organized fashion. As additional legislative bodies regulated the west, this infrastructure became increasingly difficult to build, making for an institution where the ends truly justified the means. In its infancy the American west and its quasi-lawless nature encouraged a project riddled with corruption and even violence, as a result. Once established, the railroad dictated almost all transportation in the west, including a sort of warped distance. If a city were further away in mileage but cheaper than a closer counterpart in terms of price, it would be considered as “closer”...
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...Prior to the industrial revolution United States mainly struggled maintaining stable flow in its economics and politics. Despite all U.S. had gone through, this part of world was always attractive to Europeans and Europe encouraged Americans to absorb the rules of new era that required industrial revolution. Although industrialization started in United States by early 19th century, but total industrial revolution took place since Civil War ended; and it started booming by the beginning of 20th century. Three major aspects of industrialization during 1865 and 1920 that influenced U.S. society, economy, and politics. Consider issues such as geography, entrepreneurship, legislative representation, etc. In terms of its aspects, many aspects of industrialization can be identified. Among those, innovations & technology, capitalism and labor unions were the most important and obvious aspects of this revolutionized era. * Innovations & technology Well educated people who had observed an industrial change in Western Europe were so enthusiastic about applying the same in the States. These people were mainly from north eastern part of the country, because universities were established in this part of the country earlier than any other part. Incandescent light bulb was revolutionary innovation which had a direct impact on all areas of industry. Thomas Edison was the genius behind this innovation, whose idea made it possible to work for longer hours, even after sunset in...
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...Chapter 17 The Industrial Revolution Learning Outcomes After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 17-1 Describe and discuss the development of the Industrial Revolution in America after the Civil War, concentrating on the major industries and their leaders. 17-2 Describe how America’s regional and local markets merged into one truly national market and how this influenced the consumer demand for products and services, as well as some of the costs associated with the transition. 17-3 Discuss the functioning of national, state, and local politics during the late 1800s. 17-4 Describe the formation of the early labor unions in the United States, including their goals, activities, and situations at the end of the nineteenth century. 290 C h apt e r 15 The Continued Move West “ The world that had consisted of small farms, artisans’ workshops, and small factories transformed into a full-scale industrial society. ” As the process of ensuring political, economic, and social rights of African Americans waned during the 1870s, most Americans turned their attenNo invention had more lasting impact than the incandestion to another transformation cent light bulb. brought on by the Civil War: the Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Industrial Revolution. During 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the half-century between 1865 and 1915, the United States evolved from a relative...
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...U.S. History U.S. History Unit One Pre-Columbian & Colonial America (Ch. 1-5) * Years- 33,000 B.C.-1763 * Presidents-none * Foreign Policies/Key Events: People migrated from Eurasia across Beringia to Alaska and spread south to the Americas. * Domestic Policies/Key Events 1) Various European settlements were established in the Americas. 2) 16th century, Europeans brougth new staples to the Americas and vice-versa. 3) Spanish exploreres were first Europeans to arrive with Christopher Columbus' second expedition to Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493. 4) First successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown. 5) The Pilgrims established at Plymouth Colony. 6) Mayflower Compact was established for people to govern themselves. 7) Colonies characterized by religious diversity many congregatinalists in the Middle colonies. 8) First Great Awakening in the 1740s led by Jonathan Edwards. 9) French and Indian War (1754-1763) was a watershed event in the political development of the colonies. 10) Stamp Acts of 1765 was enforced and imposed a tax on the colonies following the Seven Years War. 11) Boston Tea Party in 1773 protest against British taxes and government. * Key Court Cases: Witchcraft trials (1480-1750) executions of innocent people that were accused of being witches or involving with any witchcraft. * Important Documents 1) Mayflower...
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