Chapter 23 Flashcards
1868
Grant (R) vs Seymour (D)
Grant wins
1872
Grant (R) vs Greely (D)
Grant wins
1876
Hayes (R) vs Tilden (D)
Tilden wins popular vote, HOR gives it to Hayes
1880
Garfield (R) vs Hancock (D)
Garfield wins but soon assassinated and chester Arthur becomes president
1884
Blaine (half breeds) vs Cleveland (D)
Cleveland wins
1888
Cleveland (D) vs Harrison (R)
Harrison wins
1892
Cleveland (D) vs Harrison (R)
Cleveland wins
Ohio idea
Redemption of war bonds for greenbacks
was supported by farmers
Credit mobilier
Corrupt construction company bribes congressmen and others to create scandal
1875 Whiskey Ring
Robbed treasury of millions in excise taxes forcing secretary of war William Belknap to resign
1872 Amnesty Act
Pardoning of confederate leaders
Resumption act of 1875
Remove greenbacks
Coinage act/crime of 1873
Stoppage of the coinage of silver
1878 bland Allison act
Forces government to buy silver and redistribute it
Compromise of 1877
Remove the troops from the south abandoning the blacks
Crop lien system
Storekeepers give out loans for a share of the harvest
Civil rights cases1883
14th amendment, prohibits the removal of personal rights by the govnment but not the denial of personal rights by an individual
Chinese exclusion act of 1882
Upheld til 1943
1896 plessy v ferguson
Jim Crowe laws upheld, separate but equal
US v Wong Kim ark 1898
Protects citizens born in the us
Pendleton act of 1883
Passed by Arthur
Established civil service commission which gave examinations to federal job seekers, also makes compulsory campaign contributions illegal
Mugwumps
People who left republicans for the democrats
Dependent pension act of 1887
Vetoed by cleveland
Hurt veterans
McKinley tariff of 1890
One of the highest tariffs in American history
Homestead strike of 1892
Andrew carnegie’s steel plant
Pinkerton detectives brought to stop the strike but federal troops were needed
