February

=Reminders:= Any powerpoints used in class can be found on my Moodle page through Manheim Twp. [|MTSD Moodle Login] It contains links to note sites that correspond with our textbook: The American Pageant. Students can also find a number of online matching and multiple choice sites that are excellent for reviewing for unit tests and the AP exam.

=February 24, 2010= Politics in the Gilded Age Same party controlled House ad Senate only 3 times Both agreed on: see chart on Moodle [Politics in the Gilded Age] Grant wins the election of 1872 by the "Bloody Shirt " -Why put the Democrats in office when they just fought a war against us -Grant wins by the Bloody Shirt and by the African-Americans that can now vote. "The War has been won but the peace has not been won." Election 1876- Tilden v. Hayes: LA, FL, SC disputed because of the slave population. Decided by a committee of 15 men from Senate, House and Supreme Court: back room dealings. Democrats sacrificed Tilden in order to get the troops out of the South. Republicans sacrifice the South in order to stay in office. Election 1880- Hancock v. Garfield Disputes over civil service and the patronage system Garfield assassinated. Election 1884- Cleveland v. Blaine- Cleveland an avid supporter of the patronage, despite Garfield's death. Possibility of an illegitimate son on Cleveland's part Election 1892- Cleveland v. Weaver. disputes over - looked at political cartoons. =February= Nick Baile 2/5/10
 * Protective Tariff
 * Changing civil service( despite heavy use of patronage)
 * Gold backed currency (until 1896)
 * labor
 * currency
 * tariff
 * depression of 1893 created a grid lock.

- First we watched the remaining parts of the movie. It was all about Lincoln’s assassination and the aftermath - Then we found out that Michael got first, second, or third in the essay competition - Then we discussed the Reconstruction: o Things needed to be fixed: • Railroads • Buildings • Agricultural things • What crops to use • Soldiers of the confederacy • Representation for south • Food for south • Bridges • Free slaves • Status in U.S. • Where are they going to go • Do they get to vote? • Do they work? - Then we got a project about the reconstruction o Table 1 is pro o Table 2 is con o Table 3 is pro o Table 4 is con