Chapter 23 Flashcards
Which Republican Party was against civil service reform and wanted the spoils system? Who was their leader?
Stalwarts. Roscoe Conkling
What Republican Party wanted civil service reform and was against the spoils system? Who was their leader?
Half-Breeds. James G. Blaine
What allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president and remove military in the South?
The Compromise of 1877
What trial stated that separate but equal facilities were legal?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
What law “forbade the immigration of Chinese to America.”
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Who were the candidates in 1880?
James A. Garfield (rep.) and Gen. Winfield Scott(dem.)
Who was Garfield’s Secretary of State?
James Blaine
What required merit to get jobs, not simply knowing someone in a high position.
Pendleton Act of 1883
What awarded jobs based on performance rather than on how much “pull” a person had (how many buddies they had in high places).
Civil service commission
Who were candidates in 1884?
James G. Blaine (rep) and Grover Cleveland (dem)
What did republicans call the republicans who voted for Cleveland?
Mugwumps
What brought tariff rates up to 48%?
The McKinley Tariff of 1890
What party wanted inflation though cheap money policies?
Populist, people’s party, farmers’ alliance
Who was president during the depression of 1893?
Grover Cleveland
Nebraska to California
Union Pacific
