Test #2 Flashcards
1
Q
William “Boss” Tweed
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- has group “The Tweed Ring” in NY
- corrupt
- a political boss
- would hand out turkeys and hams a week before elections to help win
- corruption thru building projects
a) Tweed embezzled at least 40 mil and at most 200 mil
2
Q
political boss
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- someone who has immense power and influence
3
Q
Grant’s presidency
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- 46 when going into White House
a) loved by Americans,
+ city of NY collected 105k for him (as a ty for winning the war)
+ IL bought him a house in his home town
4
Q
Grant’s Philosophy for Reconstruction
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- favored a soft approach , wanting to “move on”
- his stance changed after guidance; wants to punish the South
5
Q
First Term Foreign Affairs
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- Cuba, 1870s
a) Cuba wants to revolt against Spain
b) Spanish seize a boat and kill 53 ppl, some of which were Americas
c) US negotiates a deal and is compensated for their losses - 1871
a) British compensates US, giving 15.5 mil to pay back for damage of war
6
Q
Election of 1872
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- Republicans
a) Grant stays as candidate
b) ppl
7
Q
During the election, it was said that Greeley was…
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- an Atheist
- a communist
- a proponent for free love
- a vegetarian
- a cosigner of the bail bond of Jefferson Davis (the most grave accusation)
8
Q
A month after the election…
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- Greeley:
a) his wife dies
b) loses his jobs
c) has a nervous breakdown
d) placed in a sanitarium where he then dies
(election basically ruins his life)
9
Q
Resumption Act
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- withdrawal of Greenbacks from circulation + redemption of all paper currency
- in gold by 1879
10
Q
Greenbacks
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- paper money issued during the civil war
a) lost favor during the Depression of 1873
11
Q
Depression of 1873
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- war time economy gone
- profits down
- banks called in their loans
- 5000 business went bankrupt
- in NY unemployed fought the police
12
Q
Whiskey RIng
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- robbed US Treasury of millions in revenue
Grant’s private secretary
13
Q
Belmap
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- Grant’s secretary of war
- took bribes from Indian traders at army posts
14
Q
Grant’s minister in Britain…
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- sold stock for bogus mining company to Englishmen
15
Q
3 Positives of Grant’s “Eight Long Years of Scandal”
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- The period of Reconstruction was almost over, the North and South slowly beginning to come together
- Westward Expansion in full swing, industry booming
- Grant pushes Civil Service Reform
a) wanted to reform politicians, as they needed to change bc everyone is looking at the “Spoils System”
