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17th May '13 4:24:43 PM karstovich2

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As you might imagine, this era is particularly rich in tropes. J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, the Vanderbilts, and other [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Robber Barons]] populate the posh districts of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, while the poor new immigrants [[AnImmigrantsTale find life hard]] in the vast slums. The Republican Party runs everything in [[AmericanPoliticalSystem Washington]] as a [[CorruptPolitician political machine]] despite the protests of the reforming "Mugwumps" within the GOP (the only Democrat to win the White House during these 35 years was GroverCleveland, a reformer who only won because he had support from the Mugwumps). In the South, there is Reconstruction and then its end: the aftermath of the end of slavery, with Carpetbaggers coming from the North to take advantage of business opportunities and blacks getting their rights only to see them stripped away in the wake of the deal to put RutherfordBHayes in the White House in the election of 1876. Expect to see the former SouthernBelle as a PrincessInRags and the SouthernGentleman as a member of TheKlan.

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As you might imagine, this era is particularly rich in tropes. J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, the Vanderbilts, and other [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Robber Barons]] populate the posh districts of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, while the poor new immigrants [[AnImmigrantsTale find life hard]] in the vast slums. The Republican Party runs everything in [[AmericanPoliticalSystem Washington]] as a [[CorruptPolitician political machine]] despite the protests of the reforming "Mugwumps" within the GOP. The only Democrat to win the White House during these 35 years was GroverCleveland, a reformer who only won because he had support from the Mugwumps--indeed the term "Mugwump" arose as a term of abuse (convoluted story, but in essence it accused them of being HolierThanThou) for Republicans who supported Cleveland. In the South, there is Reconstruction and then its end: the aftermath of the end of slavery, with Carpetbaggers coming from the North to take advantage of business opportunities and blacks getting their rights only to see them stripped away in the wake of the deal to put RutherfordBHayes in the White House in the election of 1876. Expect to see the former SouthernBelle as a PrincessInRags and the SouthernGentleman as a member of TheKlan.

17th May '13 4:20:51 PM karstovich2

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As you might imagine, this era is particularly rich in tropes. J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, the Vanderbilts, and other [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Robber Barons]] populate the posh districts of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, while the poor new immigrants [[AnImmigrantsTale find life hard]] in the vast slums. The Republican Party runs everything in [[AmericanPoliticalSystem Washington]] as a [[CorruptPolitician political machine]] despite the protests of the reforming "Mugwumps" within the GOP (the only Democrat President during these 35 years was GroverCleveland). In the South, there is Reconstruction and then its end: the aftermath of the end of slavery, with Carpetbaggers coming from the North to take advantage of business opportunities and blacks getting their rights only to see them stripped away in the wake of the deal to put RutherfordBHayes in the White House in the election of 1876. Expect to see the former SouthernBelle as a PrincessInRags and the SouthernGentleman as a member of TheKlan.

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24th Apr '13 6:16:34 PM jate88

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30th Mar '13 5:57:12 PM Speedball

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28th Mar '13 9:55:14 AM MysteriousF

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As you might imagine, this era is particularly rich in tropes. J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, the Vanderbilts, and other [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Robber Barons]] populate the posh districts of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, while the poor new immigrants [[AnImmigrantsTale find life hard]] in the vast slums. The Republican Party runs everything in [[AmericanPoliticalSystem Washington]] as a [[CorruptPolitician political machine]] despite the protests of the reforming "Mugwumps" within the GOP (the only Democrat President during these 35 years was GroverCleveland). In the South, there is Reconstruction and then its end: the aftermath of the end of slavery, with Carpetbaggers coming from the North to take advantage of business opportunities and blacks getting their rights only to see them stripped away in the wake of the deal to put RutherfordBHayes in the White House in the election of 1876. Expect to see the former SouthernBelle as a PrincessInRags and the SouthernGentleman as a member of TheKlan.

22nd Feb '13 7:51:48 PM Surenity

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24th Dec '12 10:07:37 PM Prfnoff

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16th Dec '12 2:34:10 PM Tuckerscreator

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25th Sep '12 2:59:03 PM karstovich2