Gilded Age

Question 1

who came up with the term ‘Gilded Age’

Answer 1

Mark Twain

Question 2

what was the Gold Scandal and what year was it?

Answer 2

1869 - Gould and Fisk tried to manipulate the Government’s gold reserves

Question 3

What was the Whiskey Ring Scandal and what year was it?

Answer 3

1875 - a group of distillers conspired to defraud the government of millions in taxes

Question 4

what was the Congress salary grab and what year was it?

Answer 4

1873- increased wages by 50% and made it retrospective for 2 years

Question 5

what was the republican party divided over in 1880?

Answer 5

finding a successor for Hayes

Question 6

who did the Stalwarts support?

Answer 6

Conkling

Question 7

who were the Half-breeds?

Answer 7

a reformist group led by James Blaine

Question 8

what years were Hayes president?

Answer 8

1877-81

Question 9

what year was Garfield president?

Answer 9

1881

Question 10

what years were Arthur president?

Answer 10

1881-84

Question 11

what years were Cleveland president?

Answer 11

1884-88

Question 12

who ended reconstruction?

Answer 12

Hayes

Question 13

What was the southern compromise?

Answer 13

Hayes made a deal to win presidency, offering to remove federal troops from the South and provide federal aid

Question 14

How did Hayes try to reform the civil service?

Answer 14

in the 70s, the Civil service was made up of incompetent and demoralised people. Because of this he tried to disregard the spoils system in favour of meritocracy but failed as he could not convince congress

Question 15

what were the Railroad strikes of 1877?

Answer 15

longest labour disturbance, in protest of wage cuts, Hayes was prepared to send in federal troops when requested by several governers

Question 16

Garfield ____________ control of the New York Customs House and removed _______

Answer 16

Strengthened
Conkling

Question 17

How did Garfield reform the Post Office?

Answer 17

he forced the leaders of the Star Routes to resign

Question 18

what was the 1883 Pendleton Act?

Answer 18

the first law specifically intended to begin the professional handling of the civil service - the beginning of the end for the spoils system.

Question 19

who was excluded by Federal Immigration Law?

Answer 19

paupers, criminals, the mentally ill, the Chinese

Question 20

How much did the the Tariff Act of 1883 reduce Tariffs by?

Answer 20

1.47%

Question 21

what was different about Cleveland

Answer 21

he was a democrat

Question 22

what did Mugwumps claim? who did they support?

Answer 22

they would rather support a honest democrat than a corrupt republican

Question 23

Texas Seed bill

Answer 23

Cleveland vetoed - refused to intervene and allow congress to purchase $10,000 of seed for Texas after drought ruined crops

Question 24

when was the Civil Service Reform League formed?

Answer 24

1881

Question 25

when were the Sherman Anti Trust Act and the Sherman Silver Act passed?

Answer 25

1890

Question 26

what did the EC Knight case 1895 show, how?

Answer 26

The Sherman Anti Trust Act was not effective and had loopholes - the sugar company (EC Knight) got away with owning 98% share of USA’s sugar refining