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gilded age questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was a great military leader whose presidency foundered in corruption and political ineptitude? | grant |
| what was the symbol of the republican political tactic attacking democrats with reminders of the civil war? | "waving the bloody shirt" |
| financiers jim fisk and jay gould tried to get the grant administration involved what corrupt scheme? | cornering the gold market |
| who was a bold and unprincipled financier whose plot to corner the gold market nearly succeeded in 1869? | fisk |
| what finally brought boss tweed's widespread corruption to a halt? | new york times and nast |
| who was the heavy weight new york political boss whose widespread fraud landed him in jail in 1871? | boss tweed |
| which scandal involved railroad corporation fraud and the subsequent bribery of congressmen? | credit moblier scandal |
| what was grant's greatest failing in the scandals that plagued his administration? | his toleration for corruption |
| who was a colorful, cranky newspaper editor who carried the liberal republican and democratic banners against grant in 1872? | greeley |
| what was the third party that backed horace greeley against grant in teh election of 1872? | liberal republican |
| who was the wealthy new york financier whose bank collapsed in 1873, setting off an economic depression? | cooke |
| the depression of the 1870's led to increasing demands for what? | inflation of the money supply by issuing more paper currency |
| for what did the westerners and farmers who attacked the "crime of '73" call? | coinage of more silver |
| who was the congressional co-author of an 1878 act that empowered the treasury to mint limited amounts of silver? | bland |
| what was mark twain's sarcastic name for the post-civil war era which emphasizes its atmosphere of greed and corruption? | gilded age |
| how was the political system of the "gilded age" generally characterized? | 1. strong party loyalty 2. high voter turnout 3. few disagreements on national issues |
| what was the primary goal for which all factions in both political parties contended? | patronage |
| what was the civil was veteran's organization that became potent political bulwark of the republican party in the late 19th century? | grand army of the republic |
| who was the imperious new york senator and leader of the "stalwart" faction of the republicans? | conkling |
| who was the winner of a contested election in 1876 who presided over the end of reconstruction and a sharp economic downturn? | hayes |
| what was the republican party faction, led by senator roscoe conkling that opposed all attempts at civil service reform? | stalwarts |
| which republican party faction, led by james g. blaine, gave lukewarm support to the civil-service idea while still battling for patronage and spoils? | half-breeds |
| what was the complex political agreement between republicans and democrats that resolved the bitterly disputed election of 1876? | compromise of 1877 |
| what was the key tradeoff featured in the compromise of 1877? | republicans got the presidency in exchange for the final removal of federal troops from the south |
| what system enabled storekeepers to extend credit on small farmer' crops and thus keep them permanently in debt? | crop-lien system |
| what changes affected blacks in the south after federal troops were withdrawn in the compromise of 1877? (3) | 1. literacy requirements and poll taxes 2. tenant farming and share cropping 3. legal racial segregation |
| what is the term for the racial segregation laws imposed in the 1890s? | jim crow |
| what did the supreme court's ruling in plessy v. ferguson upholding "separate but equal" public facilities in effect legalize? | unequal segregation between the races |
| who was the irish-born leader of the anti-chinese movement in california? | kearney |
| which asian immigrant group experienced discrimination on the west coast? | chinese |
| why did the first chinese immigrants come to the united states primarily? | to work in the gold mines and railroads |
| what "soft-money" third party polled over a million votes and elected fourteen congressmen in 1878 by advocating inflation? | greenback labor party |
| who was the president whose assassination after only a few months in office spurred the passage of a civil-service law? | garfield |
| what system of choosing federal employees on the basis of merit rather than patronage was introduced by the pendleton act of 1883? | civil service |
| who was the charming but corrupt "half-breed" republican senator and presidential nominee in 1884? | blaine |
| who was the first democratic president since the civil war, defender of laissez-faire economics and low tariffs? | cleveland |
| who were the republican clean-government advocates who supported democrat cleveland in 1884 because of the corruption of republican nominee blaine? | mugwumps |
| what was the nasty "rrr" label attached to the democratic party by a republican speaker in the election of 1884? | rum, romanism, rebellion |
| who was the presidential grandson of another president who defeated cleveland by backing high tariffs? | benjamin harrison |
| who was the british ambassador whose pro-cleveland advocacy during the election of 1888 got him expelled from the united states? | sackville-west |
| describe the person who assassinated president james garfield. | mentally unstable, disappointed office-seeker |
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