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politics late 1800's
history U.S.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| William H. Seward | was secretary of state under president lincoln and johnson. He purchased Alaska,annexed the midway islands, and attempted to purchase the virgin islands. |
| Purchase of Alaska 1867 | seward signed a treaty with russia, which transferred Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million or 2 cents an acre |
| Maximilian in Mexico | Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian was Napoleon III's puppet in mexico during the civil war. America was upset at Frances action because it clearly broke the Monroe doctrine. After the civil war ended, Maximilian left Mexico because the U.S. threatened war. |
| Hamilton Fish | was the secretary of state under president grant . He negotiated the Treaty of Washington |
| Treaty of Washington 1871 | it was the first use of international arbitration. England expressed regret for selling the Alabama to the confederacy. An international Tribunal decided that the amount England owed the U.S. was $15.5 million |
| Horace Greeley | he was the editor of the New York tribune and was later the presidental canidate for the Liberal Republicans in the election of 1872 |
| Liberal Republicans 1872 | they were reformers under Carl Schurz, a German political refugee, that had split from the Republican party because they wanted an honest canidate for president. |
| Election of 1876 | the democratic canidate , Samuel Tilden, was one electoral vote from winning the presidency from republican Rutherford B. Hayes. South CArolina, Florida, and Louisiana were still under military reconstruction and therefore, could not give electoral votes. |
| Waving the bloody shirt | this was a Republican campaign tactic for winning votes in presidental elections. Republicans claimes they had preserved the Union and defeated the confederates in the civil war. |
| Grand Army of the Republic(GAR) | John logan led this group of union veterans who used the "Bloody shirt" to gain support for pensions and disability benefits |
| solid south | after the civil war, the south became politically unified under the democratic party. The blacks were restricted from voting, thus giving the Democratic white population the power to vote. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | His presidency witnessed some of the greatest scandals in U.S. history. His political inexperience and his corrupt cabinet allowed industrlists to run amok |
| Credit Mobliler | a corrupt railroad construction company of the union pacific railway. The railroad awarded the Credit Mobilier such profitable contracts that the railroad nearly went bankrupt. |
| Jay Gould, James Fisk, Black friday | After the U.S. Treasury stopped the sale of gold, Gould and Fisk cornored the market so the price of gold would fo up. After the price skyrocketed, they sold their gold at high prices. Soon after, U.S. treasury resumed sale and the gold market crashed |
| Panic of 1873 | this panic w as touched off by the failure of the Jay Cooke company. A stock market crash soon followed and caused great unimployment and bussiness failures. Sharpley decreased profit margins |
| Whiskey Ring 1875 | was a group of didtillers who bribed federal agents to avoid paying the treasury millions in exise tax. Grant insisted that no one escape punishment, until his private secreatry, Orville Babcock, was found guilty of taking bribes from the distillers. |
| Specie Resumption Act 1875 | This act provided that all greenbacks would be redeemable in gold after 1879 |
| Indian Ring 1876 | Secretary of war William Belknap was bribed into selling indian trading posts in Oaklahoma. He was disgraced by congress so he resigned. |
| Mulligan Letters | 1876 Blaine had obtained a large land grant for an Arkansas railroad and in return had received large profits when the railroad sold their road bonds. Proof of this transaction was contained in the Mulligan Letters. |
| James Garfield | a liberal Republican from Ohio who won the Presidency in 1881. He attacked the spoils system and was killed by ajob-seeking Stalwart. |
| Chester A. Arthur | Was a vice president under James Garfield and became president after GArfields death. He was influenced a lot by Roscoe Conkling. |
| Greenbacks | It was legal tender (paper money) issued by the U.S. government . |
| Greenback-Labor Party | 1878 the Greenbacks were a third political party that demanded the circulation of paper money and other reforms, Its nominee in the election of 1880, James B. Weaver, did very poorly. |
| Ohio Idea | This idea was proposed by governor horatio seymor of New York and promised federal repayment of war bonds in greenbacks rather than in gold. This appealed to the farmers and workers who were suffering from postwar depression. |
| Stalwarts | 1880 This was the regulat and conservative branch of the republican party that included Chester A. Arthur |
| Half-Breeds | 1880 They were the liberal function of the republican party that included President James Garfield. |
| Migwumps | 1884 progressive republicans who did not like the dishonest policy of the conservative republicans. Sine the conservative Republicans were corrupt they supported grover Cleavland, The democratic candidate in the election of 1884 |
| Pendleton Civil service Act | 1883 This act gave the civil service commissioners the power to conduct competitive examination for prospective government workers. this was a n effort to replace incompitent officials. |
| Roscoe Conkling | was a stalwart and a powerful political boss from New York |
| James G. Blaine | He was a stalwart and a Republican political boss from maine . Blaine was an influential politician. he and Roscoe Conkling were rivals |
| Rum. Romanism, Rebellion | these were the words spoken by a minister introducing presidential candidate James G. Blaine in New York. The Irish Catholics listening to this were uset and coted for cleavland, Blaines failure to refute the ministers statement resulted in a loss in 1844 |
| Grover Cleavland | During his campaign Clevland tried to protect an immage of a reformist, a plantform which won him the election of 1884. He was the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms . He passed the dawes Act and the Interstate commerce Act |
| Benjamin Harrison | th grandson of former president William H. Harrison. This Indiana Republican beat cleavland in the dlection of 1888 because he was supported by the industrilists and the GAR. Supported protective tariffs for industrialists and pensions for veterans. |
| McKinley Tariff | 1890 this tariff was devised to cut surplus revenue and continue protection for American Industries. The average tariff of 4804% aroused discontent in Latin America, in Europe, and in the U.S. |
| Billion Dollar Congress | This refers to the Republican congress in 1890 because money was freely appropriated for pensions and legislation |
| Panic of 1893 | After Cleavland was re-elected, this devistating panic struck, which lwasted 4 years and was the worst depression the U.S had experience thus far. It was caused by over-speculation, labor disorders,fears of free silver and and agricultural depression. |
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