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13 Cards in this Set
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disenfranchised voters
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Mainly consisted of blacks; the disenfranchisement was due to poll taxes, property requirements, and literacy tests to qualify for voting
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Civil War Pensions
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making payments to majority of male Unions (black & white both) of the North & also widows. Some reformers hoped to make it permanent and universal; pressured gov to create a pension system of old-age pensions for all. Failed because the pension system was full of party patronage & corruption
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Stalwarts
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FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by Roscoe Conkling; favored machine politics; support patronage
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Half-Breeds
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FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by James G Blaine; favored reform; against patronage
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James A. Garfield
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nominated and elected as president in the election of 1880- REPUBLICAN; he is a HALF BREED; assassinated because he supported the civil service reform in order to defy the stalwarts! (the stalwarts got angry!)
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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1st national civil service measure; required some federal jobs be filled by competitive written examinations rather than by patronage. Slow start at first but steadily grew.
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1884 Election
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Republicanss nominated Sen James G Blaine of ME; "Liberal Republicans" ("mugwumps") nominated Cleveland, reform governor of NY; acquired a reputation as an enemy of corruption. Maybe deciding factor-religious controversy; Cleveland's victory probably was a result of an unusually heavy Catholic vote for Democrats in NY. Cleveland won 219 electoral votes; Blaine=182; pop margin= 23,000
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Grover Cleveland
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won presidential election of 1884 - he is the "honest democrat"; ILLEGITIMATE CHILD SCANDAL!!; aka the "veto-president";
**wants to reduce the tariff** runs for president in 1888, where the major issue is the tariff. he wins the popular vote but DOES NOT GET ELECTED. Always doubted wisdom of protective tariffs; believed existing ^ rates=responsible for annual surplus in federal revenues tempting Congress to pass "reckless & extravagant" legislations (vetoed). |
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Tariffs
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Anti-Trust Legislation (Sherman Anti-Trust Act)
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Both houses in Congress passed act in July 1890, almost w/o dissent. Most members saw it as a largely symbolic measure; one that would help deflect public criticism but not likely to have any real effect or corporate power. Indifferently enforced & steadily weakened by courts, but had virtually no impact
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McKinley Tariff
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Rep William McKinley of OH & Sen Nelson W. Aldrich of RI drafted highest protective measure ever proposed to Congress; passed Oct 1890 but soon failed
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