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1. Waving the Bloody Shirt
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practice of politicians referencing the blood of martyrs or heroes to inspire support or avoid criticism
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2. Compromise of 1877
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an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election. Through it, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would remove the federal troops that were propping up Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
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3. Credit Mobilier-
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scandal of 1872 involved the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company. The distribution of Crédit Mobilier stocks by Congressman Oakes Ames along with cash bribes to congressmen took place during the Andrew Johnson presidency in 1868. The revelation of the congressmen who received cash bribes or stocks in Crédit Mobilier took place during the Ulysses S. Grant administration in 1872.
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