7:3 The Politics of the Guilded Age: the Guilded Age: happened after the Civil War's Reconstruction. Boss Tweed: real name was William M. Tweed, tamany hall was the building that Tweed worked in, he was the 3rd largest land owner in New York. Political Machine: the whole thing depended on power. Corruption and what caused it: tons of immigrants coming in, lots of garbage in the street, political parties fighting to reign supreme, and massive fraud. Spoil system: when people help you get into office, then you give them jobs for helping you. Pennigton Civil Service Act: required people to take a test to prove that they should be in office. Ulysses S. Grant: was president from march 4, 1869- march 4, 1877
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