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Gilded Age Flashcards

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2 issues of election

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Civil service reform

Protective tariff - rep.wanted high dem. wanted low

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Election of 1880

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Rep: James A Garfield
Chester A Arthur

Dem: Winfield Hancock
William English

Garfield wins

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The pendelton act

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Establishes the civil service commission

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Chinese exclusion act

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10 years with no Chinese immigration

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1884 election

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Rep: James Blaine
John Logan
Dem: Gouer Cleveland
Thomas Hendricks

Cleveland wins

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Mugwumps

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Republicans that voted dem. because of Blaine

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Democratic Party 3 r’s

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Rum
Romanticism
rebellion

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1886 presidential succession act

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Set the line of succession through the cabinet

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Dawes act

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End the tribal ownership of land

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Interstate commerce act

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Allows the government to regulate the railroads

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Electoral count act

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The states are the final authority in determining the legality of electoral votes

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Election of 1888

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Rep: Benjamin Harrrison
Levi Morton
Dem: Grover Cleveland
Allen Thurman

Harrison wins

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Sherman silver purchase act

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Stimulate the silver industry gov. Would buy a certain amount of silver every month

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McKinley tariff act

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Raises the tariff ( highest since 1828 which caused the nullification crisis)

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Pension act

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Any union veteran who had served for 90 days and now couldn’t do manual labor could receive a pension

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Sherman anti trust act

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Outlaws business combinations that are in restraint of trade

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Election of 1892

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Rep: Benjamin Harrison
White law Reid
Dem: Grover Cleveland
Adlai Stevenson

Cleveland wins(2 non-consecutive terms)

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Laissez faire

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The idea that the gov. Stays out of the economy

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Wilson Gorman tariff act

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Tariff goes down

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1896 election

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Rep: William McKinley 
        Garrett Hobart
Dem: William Jenning Bryan 
          Arthur Sewell 
Populist: William j. Bryan 
               Thomas Watson 
McKinley won
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Populist party (know 4)

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For anti immigration 
Bimetalism 
Graduated income tax 
Australian ballet
Direct election of US senators 
8-hour work day 
Initiative 
Referendum
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Election of 1900

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Rep: William McKinley
Theodor Roosevelt
Dem: William Jennings Bryan
Adlai Stevenson

McKinley wins

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3 reasons 2nd industrial revolution is possible

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1 Electricity
2 Improved transportation and communication
3 Advances in science and technology

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Why the immigrants came (know 2)

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Economic opportunities
Religious freedom
Political beliefs
Recruited by factory owners

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Old immigrants

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Northwestern

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New immigrants

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Southeastern

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