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10 Cards in this Set
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Grantism
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corruption under Grant administration
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Credit Mobilier
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company owned by Union + Central pacific, overcharged gov, bribed gov officials so that there was never an investigation
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Whiskey Ring
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people bribing tax collectors to billing gov extra (Grant's secretary)
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Tammany Hall
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political orgainziation of the Democratic party
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Gilded Age
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post civil war era, wide spread political corruption and greed
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Pendleton Act
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marked the end of the spoils system
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Interstate Commerce Act
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all freight and passenger railroad rates be reasonable and just
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Sherman Antitrust Act
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First law to restrict monopolistic trusts and business combinations
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