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Gilded Age Politicians
Gilded Age
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This politician was the only Democrat to win the presidency between 1860 and 1908.
Who is Grover Cleveland
100
This term refers to the resolution of the controversy over the presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
What is "The Compromise of 1877?"
100
In this case, the Supreme Court held that separate but equal facilities for different races were constitutional.
What was Plessy v. Ferguson?
100
He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was an outspoken critic of the Atlanta Compromise.
Who was W. E. B. Du Bois?
100
This was a key campaign issue in the platform of Populist party in 1892?
What is free silver?
200
Although his reputation was tarnished by the Credit Mobilier scandal, this politician won the presidency in 1880. He was assassinated four months into the office by Charles J. Guiteau, an embittered office seeker.
Who was James A. Garfield
200
This term refers to letters that showed that James G. Blaine promised political favors to railway executives in exchange for railraod stock and was hiding evidence of graft.
What is the "Mulligan Letters"
200
These laws effectively prohibited African Americans from voting in state and local elections.
What are "Jim Crow" laws?
200
This is the name of Booker T. Washington's famous school for blacks in the South.
What is Tuskegee Institute?
200
This third-party argued that the federal government should maintain stable values by adjusting the money supply to match changes in population and production.
What was the Greenback party?
300
This politician was the was the Republican presidential nominee against Samuel Tilden in the disputed election of 1876.
Who was Rutherford B. Hayes
300
He was the corrupt poltical boss of New York City's Tammany Hall, who stole millions from the city through corruption and graft.
Who was "Boss Tweed?"
300
This act authorized the president to create a three-member Civil Service Commission to establish and administer a competitive examination, on a merit basis, the fitness of civil service employees.
What the Pendleton Act of 1883?
300
This activist organized a march on Washington in 1894 to demand that Congress issue $500 million in fiat money to provide jobs for the unemployed in constructing roads.
Who was Jacob S. Coxey?
300
These terms refer to the two factions within the Republican Party.
What are the Stalwarts and Half Breeds?
400
This politician was elected president over William Jennings Bryan in 1896. He presided over the Dingley Tariff, the legal adoption of the Gold Standard, Hawaii's annexation, and the Spanish-American War.
Who was William McKinley
400
This catchy campaign slogan was used during the presidential contest of 1884 to embarrass the Democratic nominatee, Grover Cleveland, for fathering an illegitmate child.
What is "Ma! Ma! Where's my pa?"
400
This act authorized the U.S. Treasury to purchase between $2 million and $4 million worth of silver each month to be coined into silver dollars?
What was the Bland-Allison Act of 1878?
400
This group of Republicans withdew from the party in protest at the nomination of James G. Blaine and gave their support to Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate.
What were the Mugwumps?
400
This was the dominate party in the House of Representatives during this era?
What is the Democratic Party?
500
This politician became president in 1881 upon James Garfield's death. He shocked the Republican party bosses by signing the Pendleton Act, vetoing wasteful pork-barrel appropriations, and prosecuting corrupt Republicans for graft.
Who was Chester A. Arthur
500
This issue created such discord between President Garfield and Republican Senator Roscoe Conkling that Conkling ultimately resigned his senate seat.
What was New York Customhouse patronage appointments?
500
This act, passed in 1890, was designed to halt a decline in the price of silver and to improve economic conditions.
What is the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?
500
This term refers to the famous "free silver" speech William Jennings Bryan delivered at the Democratic National Convention in 1896.
What is the "Cross of Gold" speech?
500
This was the central feature of the Republican's economic policy.
What is a tariff?