HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Grover Cleveland, Dawes Act, James A. Garfield
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Introduction: people were really engaged in politics - people at the time, widespread corruption among politicians - there were no were really involved in presidential elections. 80% electorate turned out to vote from 1870 to 1892. meaningful voter registration laws at the time and politicians to advantage of that by manipulating voters. The structure of politics during the gilded age: presidential candidates did not take their campaigns too far left or right because democrats and republicans had even support. Faire: most politicians were corrupt and believed in laissez, the senate held the most power and the president"s role was limited to overseeing the progress of the senate and congress. 5-6 swing states: ohio, pennsylvania, illinois, new york, African american republican (cid:523)lincoln"s party(cid:524: family voting patterns. People were loyal to a particular party and they usually followed the party that their parents had voted for: economic voting patterns. Working-class voted democrat: gender and voting, national american women"s suffrage unsuccessful.
