Historical Research On The Government Corruption Phenomenon In The American Civil War

With a unique historical background, the American Civil War is viewed as an important period in the United States. Through the deep research into the government corruption of this typical period, we can come to the realization of the system of corruption and the process of development of related solution, all of which will weight a lot to the study of America's democratic political development process. The corruption of this period, which can be traced back to the early days of the USA, goes through a long-term evolution. Especially in a century after the founding of this nation, the corruption becomes more and more severe and can not be eliminated for quite a long period. Under the background of American industrialization, urbanization and modernization, the constant reforms in the economic sphere call for the improvement of supporting policies in the political sphere. Moreover the relative hysteretic nature of political sphere generates a serial of political problems especially in government administration. Companying with the battle between north and south in the Civil War, the anti-corruption in the American political field becomes blustery.Firstly, this thesis gives a related identification and analysis of concrete problems of corruption and then through the review of the whole course of American corruption analyzes all kinds of corruption in colonial times, founding period, civil war, gilded age and the following period. This part mainly clarifies the development of American corruption and stresses that the abrupt change that the corruption turns highly popular during American Civil War has its profound social origins and historical background and not due to temporary social turbulence. In the next core part this thesis describes the government corruption in the period of American Civil War in detail. In the late 19th, with the beginning of high-speed development of industrial capitalism, social outlook also undergoes a rapid change. The widespread of"laissez-faire"and the rotten views of social Darwinism, extreme Individualism, Hedonism and Money on life and values make humanity become distorted. In politics, especially with overflow of"Political Parties Share System", prevailing of"gift asylum", spread of"raise money by selling official titles"and the rapid rise of the core interest groups, government corruption gets more serious and gradually evolves into America's democratic political crisis. After the civil war, aiming at the increasingly serious corruption, some people of insight start a vigorous struggle against government corruption, especially the Progressive Movement which is initiated by some middle-class elites with the sense of justice. Along with the innovation of political system and constant improvement and perfection of related anti-corruption laws, the United States which is full of spirit of democracy and liberalism opens up a new road and inaugurates a brand-new democracy.