Gilded Age Flashcards
2 issues of election
Civil service reform
Protective tariff - rep.wanted high dem. wanted low
Election of 1880
Rep: James A Garfield
Chester A Arthur
Dem: Winfield Hancock
William English
Garfield wins
The pendelton act
Establishes the civil service commission
Chinese exclusion act
10 years with no Chinese immigration
1884 election
Rep: James Blaine
John Logan
Dem: Gouer Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks
Cleveland wins
Mugwumps
Republicans that voted dem. because of Blaine
Democratic Party 3 r’s
Rum
Romanticism
rebellion
1886 presidential succession act
Set the line of succession through the cabinet
Dawes act
End the tribal ownership of land
Interstate commerce act
Allows the government to regulate the railroads
Electoral count act
The states are the final authority in determining the legality of electoral votes
Election of 1888
Rep: Benjamin Harrrison
Levi Morton
Dem: Grover Cleveland
Allen Thurman
Harrison wins
Sherman silver purchase act
Stimulate the silver industry gov. Would buy a certain amount of silver every month
McKinley tariff act
Raises the tariff ( highest since 1828 which caused the nullification crisis)
Pension act
Any union veteran who had served for 90 days and now couldn’t do manual labor could receive a pension