Political Paralysis
This was the infamous group in New York City that thrived on bribery, graft, and fraudulent elections.
Tweed Ring
Sarcastic name given by Mark Twain to the the 3 decade long post Civil War era.
Gilded Age
After the panic of 1873, Railroad workers went on strike and after several weeks, over one hundred strikers were dead. Why is the railroad strike so significant?
First time that the Federal Government was used against the American people to put down a strike. Interstate travel could be controlled by the Federal Government
The only president to ever be elected after a defeat...Elected, lost as the incumbent, and then won the next election.
Grover Cleveland
Who are the "forgettable presidents" that left blanks on the nations political record?
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison and Cleveland
The tactic of reviving gory memories of the Civil War in order to gain support and became a prominent feature of many presidential campaigns
Waving the bloody shirt
distributing jobs in return for votes, kickbacks, and party service
Patronage
Prohibited nearly all immigration from China
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
This person loaned 65 million dollars in gold to the U.S. government in order to bail them out of a potential major economic crisis. Made a commission of close to 7 million dollars, but restored confidence in the nations finances
J.P. Morgan
This tariff boosted rates to the highest peace time tariffs ever! Had an extremely negative impact on the American farmer and is a major cause of the depression of 1893
McKinley Tariff Act of 1890
When Union Pacific Railroad insiders formed a "construction company" and hired themselves at inflated prices to build the railroad line. Members of Congress and other individuals within the Grant administration became apart of this corruption
Credit Mobilier scandal
This officially ended Reconstruction with the removal of Troops from the South who were enforcing the Reconstruction Acts and showed that the Republican Party was abandoning its commitment to racial equality
Compromise of 1877
This Supreme Court ruling in 1898 stated that the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed citizenship to all persons born in the United States
U.S. v Wong Kim Ark
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
LAISSEZ-FAIRE Economic policy
stated that anyone whose forebear had voted in the 1860 election did not have to take literacy tests or pay poll taxes
Grandfather Clause
Due to overreaching promoters laying more railroad track, sinking more mines, erecting more factories and sowing more grainfields than existing markets could bear, this happened
Panic of 1873
Supposedly guaranteed equal accommodations in public places, and prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection, but it had no "teeth" and therefore was useless for 90 years
Civil Rights Act of 1875
This president was assassinated and because of his death Congress decided to reform the "spoils system"
President James A. Garfield
This political party burst onto the scene in 1892 championing the rights of the farmers and pushing for inflation through the addition of silver to the American gold standard. Bimetallism
Populists
This occurred at Andrew Carnegie's steelplant in Pittsburgh as laborers were upset about pay cuts. The company called in the Pinkerton's a private security company and 10 people were killed
Homestead Strike
This pledged that the government would further withdrawal greenbacks from circulation and to the redemption of all paper currency in gold at face value.
Resumption Act of 1875
Supreme Court case that allows for "separate but equal" facilities
Plessy v Ferguson
This established a Civil Service Commission to make appointments to federal jobs on the basis on competitive examinations (merit) rather than "pull"
Pendleton Act - 1883
Some of the worst "mudslinging" in politics occurred during the election of 1884 between whom?
James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland
This movie is based on the story and plight of the Populist party. The movie was adapted from a book written in South Dakota.