Gilded Age Politics
Dennis Salgado
Pendleton Service Act
The Civil Service Act sought to curb government corruption by requiring applicants for certain governmental jobs to take a competitive examination.
The Political Crisis of the 1890s
Disputes broke out over labor relations, currency, tariffs, and railroads. The most momentous political conflict of the late 19th century was the farmers' revolt. Many farmers blamed railroad owners, land monopolists, mortgage companies, merchants, bankers, and manufacturers of farm equipment for their trouble. Farmers responded by organizing Granges, Farmers' Alliances, and the Populist Party.
Succesful Monopolists
Which President died during the Gilded Age?
James A. Garfield
Charles Guiteau assassinated Garfield in Washington. Congress therefore passed the Pendleton Act in 1883, which created the Civil Service Commission.