Gilded Age
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What is it?
Grant and the "Bloody Shirt" Campaign
Corruption During the Gilded Age
Overall, the corruption of the Gilded Age was extensive- not just politically, but socially as well. About 27 million immigrants came to the United States from the year 1880-1930 and discrimination was a prime issue during this time. Immigrants- such as Jews, Irish, Italians, and Chinese- were essentially cast out and accused of stealing jobs from American workers. Therefore, they suffered from low paying jobs, horrible living conditions in tenements, exclusion from the political process, and overall mistreatment.
Tweed's scams were exposed when the New York Times posted an article about his deals. However, immigrants continued to vote for Tweed because they were not able to read the newspaper. Therefore, Thomas Nast drew cartoons for the New York Times highlighting tweed's bribed and he lost the support of immigrants.