Not an "Act". Notorious clause in southern voting laws that exempted from literacy tests and poll taxes anyone whose ancestors had voted in 1860, thereby excluding blacks
What is Grandfather Clause
100
The forced relocation of black farmers "dust bowl"
What is Kansas and Oklahoma Dust Bowl
100
term for racial segregation law
Who is Jim Crow
100
Rough idea of the beginning and end of Gilded Age
What is 1869-1896
100
an increase in the value of money in relation to available goods, causing prices to fall
What is deflation
200
Supposedly guaranteed equal accommodations in public places and prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection
Civil Rights Act of 1875
200
Union Pacific Railroad insiders formed a construction company and hired themselves at inflated prices to make the railroad. They earned dividends of 348%. Afraid that congress would shut them down they gave stock to key congressmen.
Credit Mobilier Scandal
200
In 1869 this pair plotted to corner the gold market. Their plan would only work if the federal Treasury stopped selling gold.
"Jubilee Jim" Fisk and Jay Gould
200
Civil Service Test was introduced by the Pendleton Act in what year?
What is 1883
200
Precious metal that soft-money advocates demanded be coined again
What is silver
300
Passed in 1822 to prevent almost all further immigration from this Asian country. This stayed in place until 1943.
Chinese Exclusion Act
300
This caused Boss Tweed to lose power and go to jail
What is The New York Times publishing cartoons by Thomas Nast
300
President whose assassination spurred the passage of the civil service act
Who is James Garfield
300
Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court Case
1896
300
The symbol of the Republican political tactic of attacking Democrats with reminder of the Civil War
What is bloody shirt
400
Made compulsory campaign contributions from federal employees illegal
Pendleton Act
400
This event showed growing threat of class warfare in response to the economic depression of the mid-1870s
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877
400
Young congressman from Nebraska who became the most prominent advocate of free silver in the early 1890s
Who is William Jennings Bryan
400
Homestead Strike
1892
400
Mark Twain's sarcastic name for the post-civil war era
What is Gilded age
500
Passed in 1877 to create an electoral commission consisting of fifteen men picked from the Senate, House, and Supreme court.
Electoral Count Act
500
Inflation of money supply by issuing more paper or silver currency
What is Depression of 1870s
500
New York Senator and leader of the Stalwart faction of Republicans
Who is Roscoe Conkling
500
McKinley Tariff
What is 1890
500
Republican party faction led by Senator James G. Blaine that paid lip service to government reform while still battling for patronage and spoils