Gilded Presidents
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| show | Politicians gave jobs to those who helped elect them not to those who were most qualified, applied to all levels of government jobs
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| "Spoils System" | show 🗑
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| Merit System | show 🗑
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| Rutherford B. Hayes | show 🗑
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| show | His fellow government workers stole from the federal gov’t, Wanted to bring merit to non-elected government workers and people had to go through a difficult process to prove they were qualified to work for the federal gov’t
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| End of Hayes' presidency | show 🗑
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| Stalwarts (One of three factions caused by people angry at Hayes for his action) (i.e. stalwarts, mugwumps and independents) | show 🗑
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| James Garfield | show 🗑
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| show | He was infuriated, so much so that he assassinated the president. He admitted it and went to jail. He was happy that Arthur would become president
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| Chester A. Arthur | show 🗑
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| Pendleton Act | show 🗑
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| show | Cleveland was very forth coming and honest about his illegitimate child and this scandal didn’t affect his campaign, for he won the presidency. Cleveland became the first democrat to be elected since before the civil war
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| Grover Cleveland | show 🗑
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| Benjamin Harrison | show 🗑
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| Cleveland's 2nd term part 1 | show 🗑
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| show | Americans were dissatisfied with him because Cleveland felt the economy would write itself out and didn’t do anything because he didn’t believe in government assistance
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| show | Industrial unemployment was from 20%-25%., factory workers had no money for food, clothing housing, Roots of the Progressive Era
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| show | Again raises tariffs, Tariff Reforms over, A balanced economy comes back through imperialism by the close of the 1800s
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