HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 19 The City and its Workers 1870 1900 cont II Chapter 20 Dissent Depression and War 1890 1900 Outline of Current Lecture III Chapter 19 The City and its Workers 1870 1900 William Tweed Bossism Machines Tammany Hall Shame of the Cities IV Chapter 20 Dissent Depression and War 1890 1900 Populism Free Silver v Gold Standard William Jennings Bryan s Cross of Gold Current Lecture Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers 1870 1900 William Tweed and Bossism William Boss Tweed literally and figuratively ran New York for 30 years o Ran New York City from a jail cell Tammany Hall slang for NYC corrupt politics Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge both contracted up by Tammany Hall and Tweed o Political politics Tweed in the right place at the right time Machines and Tammany Hall Officials duly elected or not in charge of cities and municipalities are corrupt called machines o Machines are in syncopation with political corruption o Represented as powerful and often unelected o Democratic party succumbed to corruption Any major city municipality or urban area found itself at the mercy of an un elected powerthirsty official Silver lining in machine politics At least there was some form of political entities o Still on occasion helped more active than the actual government These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Shame of the Cities Lincoln Steffen hired by a newspaper to examine political structure o Examined cities like Baltimore Pittsburgh New Orleans New York City Wrote The Shame of Cities a muckraking expos Reflected corruption in not just politicians a machines but everyone Chapter 20 Dissent Depression and War 1890 1900 Covers the domestic agenda of the last decade of the 19th century as well as covers foreign policy The most quintessential decade in the 19th century Dissent dissatisfaction Depression economic turmoil War War with Spain held in Cuba Populism Reflects dissatisfied Americans mainly farmers Rural Americans extremely dissatisfied grangerslivingin lawless areas Hundreds of thousands from all over America Sharecroppers tenant farmers homesteaders So many in number they start their own political party the Populist Party Got recognized by being elected into minor political roles i e Sherriff dog catcher mail carrier o Eventually some were elected into governor positions Populists want to address political corruption Wanted the U S to duly elect its senators Free Silver v Gold Standard The color of money was the 1 conversation across the U S Federal government is based on collateral There wasn t any actual collateral Government focused on precious metal Populists saw it coming o Populists start championing unlimited coinage of silver o Silver is the Populists way out of debt o Gold vs Silver arguments ensued Populists weren t schooled in economics William Jennings Bryan s Cross of Gold William Jennings Bryan Spokesperson From Nebraska o Anti Big Business and anti gold wanted free and unlimited coinage of silver Made the most famous political speech in U S history o At the Democratic National Nominee Convention o Do not crucify mankind on your cross of gold Eventually became U S Secretary of State