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20 Cards in this Set
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U.S. grant
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Being a virgin to politics, he became the first president to be in office after the Civil War. He was previously a Union General who defeated General Lee at Appomattox Court House
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Roscoe Conkling
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Conkling was the leader of a group for Republicans called the Stalwarts.
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Samuel Tilden
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A New York lawyer who rose to fame by bagging big boss Tweed, a notorious New York political boss in New York.
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Grover Clevland
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Cleveland was the democratic presidential candidate for the 1884 election. His republican opponent, James G. Blaine, was involved in several questionable deals , but Cleveland had an illegitimate child.
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Credit mobilier
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A railroad construction company that consisted of many of the insiders of the Union Pacific Railway. The company hired themselves to build a railroad and made incredible amounts of money from it.
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Stalwart
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A political machine led by Roscoe Conkling of New York in the late 19th Century. Their goal is to seek power in government. They also supported the spoils system.
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Pendelton Act
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t prohibited, at least on paper, financial assessments on jobholders. It created a merit system of making appointments to government jobs on the basis of aptitude rather than who you know, or the spoils system
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Thomas Nast
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Thomas Nast was a cartoonist for the New York Times and drew many famous political cartoons including one of Boss Tweed
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James G. Blaine
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champion of the Half-Breeds, a political machine of the Republican party. A congressman from Maine; very good with people. Was candidate for Pres. in 1884 for the Rep
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James A. Garfield
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James Garfield was elected to presidency in 1880. He barely won the popular vote but won by a huge margin in the electoral college. He was assassinated so Stalwarts could be in power in the government. This brought about reforms in the spoils systems.
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Benjamin Harrison
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called "Young Tippecanoe" because of grandfather William Henry Harrison. Republican elected president in 1888.
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Bloody shirt
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The slogan "bloody-shirt" was a strong campaign slogan used by the Republicans in the presidential elections of 1868.
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Whiskey Ring
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In 1875 Whiskey manufacturers had to pay a heavy excise tax. Most avoided the tax, and soon tax collectors came to get their money
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Half-breed
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A half-breed was a republican political machine, headed by James G. Blane c1869. The half-breeds pushed republican ideals and were almost a separate group that existed within the party
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Mugwump
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i dont know
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Horace Greeley
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In 1872 the republicans renominated Grant and some of the "reform-minded" republicans left their party, creating the Liberal Republican party and nominating Greely, editor of the New York Tribune.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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He was elected president in 1876 by the Compromise of 1877. Hayes was known as the "caretaker" president because he just took care of the country.
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Chester A. Arthur.
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He was the Vice President of James A. Garfield. After President Garfield was assassinated, September of 1881, Arthur assumed the position.
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GIlded Age
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The Gilded Age was a period in US history c1869-1889 that seemed alright on the outside but was politically corrupt internally.
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Crime of 73
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When Congress stopped the coinage of the silver dollar against the will of the farmers and westerners who wanted unlimited coinage of silver. With no silver coming into the federal government, no silver money could be produced.
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