Scandals and Bad Decisions
This kind of law is known as a black code.
What is a law to prevent blacks from exercising their civil and political rights?
Name a new technology that made life more convenient for people.
Electricity, transcontinental railroads, typewriter, and the telephone
Bimetallism describes this.
What is allowing production of two types of metallic money to be produced (i.e. silver and gold)?
What are the Articles of Impeachment?
This man wrote "The Gospel of Wealth" and brought the Bessemer steel folding process from England.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Andrew Johnson did these things to anger Congress.
What is being too lenient in readmitting the Southern states to the Union, being blatantly racist about the capabilities of black people, vetoing many of Congress' bills and firing military commanders and executive branch employees who disagreed with him (violating the Tenure of Office Act)?
This party believed the the Patronage System (the system that rewarded political support with special favors, often in the form of public office or legal favors) was functional.
The Republican Stalwarts.
What is a trust?
A way in which one company grants another company either partial or complete control over its operation/development, either through stock ownership or board control.
Congress passes this act which made contracts, combinations, and conspiracies to restrain trade illegal
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
The original Wall Street shark, this man lent the US Government 60 million dollars from his banking firm.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This company was a fraudulent railroad construction firm, used to cheat the U.S. government out of tax payer's money.
What is Credit Mobilier?
This act allowed Congress to regulate railroad rates.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This person declared that, "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!"
Who is William Jennings Bryan (he really hated the gold standard!)
Thaddeus Stevens wrote this act to divide the rebel states into 5 Districts with their own military governor.
What is the Military Reconstruction Act?
This man controlled 95% of oil refineries in the U.S., constituting a near monopoly and arguing for "the survival of the fittest" in society.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the case Plessy. V. Ferguson?
Segregation is constitutionally upheld, as long as all facilities are "separate but equal".
This party believed the Patronage System (Spoils System) to be harmful and that reform was needed.
What is the Republican Mugwumps?
Congress passes this bill to give itself retroactive pay raises.
What is the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses Appropriation Act, or The "Salary Grab" Act
Congress passes this act to prevent the President from issuing orders directly to commanders; instead, each order had to go through the General of the Army
What is the Army Appropriations Bill?
Why did factory workers strike?
Strained relations between workers and owners were exacerbated by excessive hours, poor living conditions, and pay cuts.
Bonus: How did factory owners respond?
These tests blocked eligible African Americans from voting in the South.
What are literacy tests?
What is the People's Party (Populists)?
Why did the Silverites want "free and unlimited coinage of silver"?
Silver was the more accessible metal, especially for miners and farmers out West. The accessibility/affordability of silver would allow Silverites to pay off their loans quicker.
These are the four concessions Republicans had to make during the Compromise of 1877.
What are:
- Hayes would not run for reelection
- All federal troops would be withdrawn from the South
- At least one Southerner would be appointed to the Cabinet
- The federal government would financially assist the South with rebuilding their shattered economy
Arguably the first "robber baron", this man monopolized the north eastern railroads and declared,"Law! What do I care about the Law? Hain’t I got the power?"
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?