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38 Cards in this Set
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What is the bloody shirt technique?
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Grant's way of winning the election that constantly reminded everyone that he won the civil war
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What was the Tweed RIng?
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Boss Tweed used bribes and stuff to steal money from the city
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Who was Thomas Nast?
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a political cartoonist who attacked Tweed
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What are 3 scandals that ruined Grant's presidency?
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Credit Mobilier, Whiskey Ring, William Belknap selling things to Indians
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What is the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
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railroad insiders created a construction company and hired themselves to make money; they paid off congressman to stay out of trouble
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What is the whiskey ring?
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people took whiskey tax money from the government
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Who ran for presidency against Grant the 2nd time around?
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Horace Greeley; Liberal Republican party
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Who ran for Presidency against Grant the first time around?
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Horatio Seymour
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What was soft/cheap money?
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debtors wanted paper money printed to create inflation, making it easier to pay off debt
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What is hard money?
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keeping the amount of money stable and backed by gold
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What was the Resumption Act of 1879?
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passed to lower the number of greenbacks in circulation and redeem paper money at face value
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What was the Crime of '73?
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westerners wanted the return of silver dollars
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What was GAR?
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an organization of hundred thousands of union veterans of the civil war
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What were the two republican sects?
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Stalwarts and half breeds
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Who led the stalwarts, and who led the halfbreeds?
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Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine
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Who coined the phrase 'the gilded age'?
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mark twain
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Who ran for president against rutherford b. hayes?
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Samuel Tilden
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What was the Compromise of 1877?
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the north got Hayes as president and the South got the pledge that Hayes would remove the military from the South; ending reconstruction
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What legalized segregation?
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Jim Crow laws
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What court case made 'separate but equal' okay?
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
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passed under hayes; excluded chinese from immigrating to America
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Who was James Garfield's vice presidential running mate?
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Chester A. Arthur
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Who assassinated Garfield?
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Charles J. Guiteau
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What was the Pendleton Act?
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it required merit to get jobs, not just knowing somebody
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What was the Civil Service Commision?
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it awarded jobs based on performance
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Who ran against Cleveland in the election of 1884?
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James G. Blaine
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What was the McKinley Tariff?
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it hiked rates of 48%
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Who was Thomas "Czar" Reed?
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leader of Republican House of Reps
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Who ran against Cleveland in his second term?
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Benjamin Harrison
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What was the Bland-Allison Act?
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it required the treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars
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What was the Salary Grab act?
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doubled the president's salary and raise congress' by 50%
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What was the Sanborn Incident?
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William Richardson hired Sanborn to collect unpaid taxes, but he kept half and gave a bunch to Richardson
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What was Ulysses S. Grant's nickname?
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Hero of the Appomattox
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What was Rutherford B. Hayes' nickname?
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the dark horse president
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What are 2 of Hayes' notable events?
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ending reconstruction and the bland-allison act
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What was Chester A. Arthur's nickname?
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the gentleman boss
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What was Grover Cleveland's nickname?
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the veto president
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What are 4 of Cleveland's notable events?
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Dedication of the Statue of Liberty, Panic of 1893, Pullman Strike, Sherman Silver Act,
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