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Question 1

Election of 1868

Answer 1

• Republicans(Ulysses S. Grant)
• war hero, no political exp, fought in Mex and Civil war, poor Business man, didn’t discuss issues
• Democarts(Seymore)
• Former gov. of NY, will be difficult to win, Rep will blame Dem for Civil war, says “Grant is stupid and a drunk

Question 2

Bloody Shirt

Answer 2

• Ohio tax collector is beaten by KKK
• Shirt goes to military leader then to a Rep. senator in Washington
• Rep. will use it to get votes for Grant

Question 3

Credit Mobilier

Answer 3

• Fake Company
• didn’t exist but gave way stock(VP had 20 shares)
• 13 congress men were involved and 2 were censored
• members of the Union and Pacific Railroad created Mobilier
• Gov. gives business money
• They give it to Union and Pacific to build their own railroads

Question 4

Whiskey Ring

Answer 4

• Grants Private secretary came up with a scheme to stead revenue from the U.S. treasury

Question 5

Resumption act

Answer 5

• gov. will withdraw Greenbacks from circulation
• redemption of paper money will be complete
• Grant says no to printing money

Question 6

Greenbacks

Answer 6

-paper money issued during the civil war

Question 7

Depression of 1873

Answer 7

• wartime (economy slows down)
• 5000 businesses go bankrupt
• Bank calls in its loans
• NYC the unemployed riot and fight against the cops in the streets

Question 8

Grants Foreign policy Problems

Answer 8

• 1873 Spanish navy seized an american vessel and executed 53 people(some are american)
• Spain will pay for damages
• 1871 British agree to pay $15.5 mil b/c of policy during the civil war

Question 9

Boss Tweed

Answer 9

-William “Boss” Tweed
-group is the Tweed Ring
-from NY
-corruption is his game
-power is the reason for corruption
-cost $20 mil to build and building at first then cost $50 mil
Tweed does anything for a dollar(bribe and kickbacks)
-made at at least $40-200 mil
-Democrat
-1873 goes to jail andd dies 2 years later in jail

Question 10

Election of 18722

Answer 10

• Republicans(Ulysses S. Grant)
• people love grant
• ignore corruption and scandal
• 3.5 mil votes, 286 E.V.
• Lib Republicans
• Horace Greeley
• former editor of tribune
• moot is to get rid of corruption
• purify the party
• “turn the rascals out”
• Democrats
• no candidate
• support lib rep
• 2.8 mil votes, 63 E.V.

Question 11

Sewards Folly

Answer 11

• Sec. of state
• trys to boycott alaska(paid $7.2 mil ti Russia)
• people laughed at him