chapter 23 ap the gilded age
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Chapter 23Chapter 23
Political Political Paralysis in the Paralysis in the
Gilded AgeGilded Age
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The “Bloody Shirt” Elects GrantThe “Bloody Shirt” Elects Grant
RepublicansRepublicansUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant – elected in – elected in 18681868
““Bloody Shirt”Bloody Shirt” – – Civil War HeroCivil War Hero
Freedmen votesFreedmen votes
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Democrats Democrats
““Ohio Idea”Ohio Idea” – – federal war federal war bonds redeemed bonds redeemed in greenbacksin greenbacks
Horatio SeymourHoratio Seymour – against “Ohio – against “Ohio Idea”Idea”
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The Era of Good StealingsThe Era of Good Stealings
Jim FiskJim Fisk Jay GouldJay GouldTweed RingTweed RingThomas Thomas NastNast
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A Carnival of CorruptionA Carnival of Corruption
Crédit Mobilier scandalCrédit Mobilier scandalinvolved the Union Pacific involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America Mobilier of America construction companyconstruction company
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Whiskey RingWhiskey Ring was a scandal, exposed in was a scandal, exposed in
1875, involving diversion of 1875, involving diversion of tax revenues in a tax revenues in a conspiracy among conspiracy among government agents, government agents, politicians, whiskey politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributorsdistillers, and distributors
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The The Liberal RepublicanLiberal Republican Revolt of Revolt of 18721872
Urged Urged purificationpurification
Horace Horace GreeleyGreeley
Grant re-Grant re-nominatednominated
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Depression, Deflation, and InflationDepression, Deflation, and Inflation
Panic of 1873Panic of 1873Hard/sound money Hard/sound money Soft/cheap moneySoft/cheap money
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Resumption ActResumption Act provided for the redemption of provided for the redemption of
United States paper currency, United States paper currency, (greenbacks) in gold beginning (greenbacks) in gold beginning in 1879. This sound money in 1879. This sound money program reduced the amount program reduced the amount of paper money in circulation of paper money in circulation and restored confidence in itand restored confidence in it
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““Crime of ’73”Crime of ’73”a much debated shift from a much debated shift from a bi-metallic standard to a a bi-metallic standard to a gold standard. Western gold standard. Western miners and others such as miners and others such as farmers called this the farmers called this the "Crime of '73""Crime of '73"
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ContractionContractionless money in circulationless money in circulation
Greenback Labor PartyGreenback Labor Partyadvocated issuing large advocated issuing large amounts of money, amounts of money, believing this would help believing this would help people, especially farmers people, especially farmers by raising prices and by raising prices and making debts easier to making debts easier to pay.pay.
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Bland-Allison Act of 1878Bland-Allison Act of 1878
enacted in response to enacted in response to the Crime of '73, the Crime of '73, demonetizing silver. demonetizing silver.
would re-allow the would re-allow the coinage of silvercoinage of silver
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Pallid Politics in the Pallid Politics in the Gilded AgeGilded Age
RepublicansRepublicansPuritan rootsPuritan rootsStrict moral Strict moral codecode
Government Government regulationregulation
DemocratsDemocratsLutheran and Lutheran and CatholicCatholic
Toleration of Toleration of differencesdifferences
less government less government regulationregulation
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RepublicansRepublicansMidwestMidwestSmall town Small town NortheastNortheast
FreedmenFreedmenGrand Army of Grand Army of the Republic the Republic (GAR)(GAR)veteransveterans
DemocratsDemocratsSouth South Northern Northern industrial industrial citiescities
immigrantsimmigrants
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Mark Mark TwainTwain
Spoils Spoils systemsystempatronagepatronage
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RepublicansRepublicans
StalwartStalwartssRoscoe Roscoe ConklingConkling
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Half-breedsHalf-breedsJames G. James G. BlaineBlaine
Civil Civil service service reformreform
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The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876
RepublicanRepublicanRutherford Rutherford B. HayesB. Hayes
DemocratsDemocratsSamuel J. Samuel J. TildenTilden
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The The Compromise of 1877Compromise of 1877 and the and the End of ReconstructionEnd of Reconstruction
Hayes Hayes becomes becomes PresidentPresident
Democrats Democrats want want Reconstruction Reconstruction endedended
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The Birth of Jim Crow in the Post-The Birth of Jim Crow in the Post-Reconstruction South Reconstruction South
““Redeemers”Redeemers”SharecroppingSharecroppingTenant farmingTenant farmingCrop-lien systemCrop-lien system
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Jim CrowJim Crow
Legal codes of Legal codes of segregationsegregation
Plessy v. FergusonPlessy v. Ferguson (1896)(1896)
LynchingLynching
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Class Conflicts and Ethnic ClashesClass Conflicts and Ethnic Clashes
Panic of 1873Panic of 1873 Railroad strikeRailroad strike Chinese workersChinese workers Denis KearneyDenis Kearney Chinese Exclusion ActChinese Exclusion Act (1882) (1882) U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark - 1898- 1898
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Garfield and ArthurGarfield and ArthurRepublican Republican Old GuardOld Guardagainst against HayesHayes
Winfield S. Winfield S. HancockHancock Democratic Democratic candidatecandidate
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Republican Republican dark-horse dark-horse elected in elected in 18801880
James A. James A. GarfieldGarfield assassinatassassinated in 1881ed in 1881
by by Charles Charles J. GuiteauJ. Guiteau
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Chester A. ArthurChester A. Arthurpassed passed Pendleton Pendleton Civil Civil Service Service ActAct (1883) (1883)
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The Blaine-Cleveland Mudslingers The Blaine-Cleveland Mudslingers of 1884of 1884
James G. BlaineJames G. Blaine RepublicanRepublican Known for Known for
corruptioncorruption Ruined by Ruined by
phrase phrase “Rum, “Rum, Romanism, and Romanism, and Rebellion”Rebellion”
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Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland DemocratDemocrat Illegitimate Illegitimate
sonson MugwumpsMugwumps
Republican Republican reformers reformers turned to turned to ClevelandCleveland
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““Old Grover” Takes OverOld Grover” Takes Over
First Democrat in 28 First Democrat in 28 yearsyears
Laissez-faireLaissez-faireMerit systemMerit systemMilitary pensionsMilitary pensions
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Cleveland Battles for a Lower TariffCleveland Battles for a Lower Tariff
Tariffs increased Tariffs increased during the warduring the war
Pork-barrel billsPork-barrel bills
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Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin HarrisonRepublicanRepublicanElected in Elected in 18881888
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The The Billion Dollar CongressBillion Dollar Congress
Thomas B. Thomas B. ReedReedRepublicanRepublicanDomineerinDomineering Speaker g Speaker of the of the HouseHouse
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William McKinleyWilliam McKinley McKinley McKinley TariffTariff
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The Drumbeat of DiscontentThe Drumbeat of Discontent
PopulistsPopulists – – 18921892 James B. James B.
WeaverWeaver 22 electoral 22 electoral
votesvotes Homestead Homestead
StrikeStrike
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The SouthThe SouthTom Tom WatsonWatson
Poll taxesPoll taxesGrandfatheGrandfather clauser clause
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Cleveland DepressionCleveland Depression
Cleveland Cleveland elected elected (again) in (again) in 18931893
Adlai Adlai StevensonStevenson
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William Jennings BryanWilliam Jennings Bryan
Pro-Pro-silversilver
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Repeal of Sherman Silver Repeal of Sherman Silver Purchase ActPurchase Act
J.P. MorganJ.P. MorganBankers Bankers loaned loaned governmengovernment 65 million t 65 million in goldin gold
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Cleveland Breeds a BacklashCleveland Breeds a Backlash
““forgettable forgettable presidents”presidents”
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