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Chapter 23
The Gilded Age test's study stack.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Guilded Age: Years | 1877-1900 |
| Guilded Age: Namer | Mark Twain |
| Guilded Age: Define | Thing glittering layer of prosperity covered the poverty and corruption of much of society. |
| Guilded Age: Problems | +26.6% in population. |
| Laissez-faire | A limited government role in business and economy. |
| Adam Smith | Wealth of Nations. Thought of Laissez-faire. |
| Republicans: Support | Industries, Banks, and eastern Farmers. North and Upper Midwest. |
| Republicans: Supported | Tight money supply, gold standard, high tariff, pension for union soldiers, govt. aid to railroads, limits on immigration, and the enforcement of "blue laws" |
| Democrats: Support | Less privileged, urban immigrants, laborors, and planters/farmers. South and West |
| Democrats: Supported | Increase in money supply, silver standard, lower tariffs, higher farm prices, less aid to big businesses, and fewer "blue laws". |
| 1868 Election: Republican | U.S. Grant. Most popular war figure in the north. |
| Election of 1868 Election: Democrat | Horatio Seymour |
| 1868 Election: Outcome | Ulysses S. Grant wins the election. |
| Fisk and Gould | Attempted to corner the gold market. |
| Boss Tweed: Bio | Political Boss that used corruption and graft to stay in power or office. |
| Boss Tweed: Takedowner | Thomas Nast: Political Cartoons |
| Credit Mobilier | Union Pacific Railroad Co. created this fake company to double bill the federal govt. on work done to complete the Transcontinental Railroad. |
| Whisky Rebellion | (1874-75) Robbed Treasury of millions of dollars without taking their bootlegged alcohol. Grant's secretary was involved but was pardoned. |
| William Belknap | Accepted bribes from suppliers on Indian Reservations. |
| 1872 Election: Republican | U.S. Grant |
| 1872 Election: Outcome | Grant was re-elected. |
| 1876 Election: Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| 1876 Election: Democrat | Samuel Tilden |
| 1876 Election: Outcome | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Rutherford B. Hayes: Nicknames | His Fraudeulency and Rutherfraud |
| The Great Railroad Strike | Baltimore and Ohio Railroads stirike, more join in. Hays uses federal troops to break strike. |
| Rutherford B. Hayes: Accomplishments | Ended Reconstrucion, civil service reform, and stabalized economy for short time. |
| Compromise of 1877 | 15 men decide what to count, 8 Republicans and 7 Democrats to count votes. Hayes got presidency if reconstruction ended and railroad was build in the south. |
| Deflation | Falling Prices |
| Inflation | Increasing Prices |
| Resumption Act of 1875 | Govt. withrawal of greenbacks and redemption of all paper currency at gold value. Began in 1879. |
| The Bland-Allison Act of 1878 | Richard Bland and Senator William Allison. Calls for Govt. to purchase and coin 2 million of silver coins each month. VETOED!! but it passed over Hayes. |
| Spoils System: Creater | Andrew Jackson |
| Stalwarts | Supported patronage. Led by Roscoe Conkling |
| Half-Breeds | Wanted Civil Service Reform in federal govt. Led by James G. Blaine. |
| Hay's Civil Service Reform | Govt. employees can't work on political campains and can't donate funds. |
| 1880 Election: Republican | James Garfield |
| 1880 Election: Democrat | General Winfield Scott Hancock |
| 1880 Election: Outcome | Garfield wins, but is assassinated by Charles Guiteau. Chester A. Arthur takes over. |
| 1884 Election: Republican | James G. Blain |
| 1884 Election: Democrat | Grover Cleveland |
| 1884 Election: Famous For... | Mudslinging (Insult trading in the streets) and Mugwumps (Republicans that voted for Cleveland.) |
| Grover Cleveland: Supported | Lower tariffs, no veteran pension, and a "yes" to patronage. |
| Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 | Introduced by Senator Shelby M. Cullom. It regulated trade between states. Eventually, it banned rebates and special favors. |
| 1888 Election: Republican | Benjamin Harrison |
| 1888 Election: Democrat | Grover Cleveland |
| 1888 Election: Outcome | Benjamin Harrison. BUT Cleveland had won the popular vote. Harrison had also bought votes. |
| The "Czar" Congress | Thomas B. Reed, the most powerful man in congress. |
| Electoral Reform Bill | Idea: President Harrison. Proposed by Henry Cabotlodge. Called for equal voting rights in the south for negroes. |
| Sherman Silver Purchase Act | Govt. would buy 4.5 million ounces of silver each month. |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | Broke up monopolies. Not enforced until Teddy Roosevelt. |
| Patrons of Husbandry | Oliver Kelley |
| 1892 Election: Republican | Benjamin Harrison |
| 1892 Election: Democrat | Grover Cleveland |
| 1892 Election: Populist | Weaver |
| 1892 Election: Outcome | Grover Cleveland |
| 1896 Election: Republican | William McKinley |
| 1896 Election: Democrat and Populist | William Jennings Bryan |
| 1896 Election: Outcome | McKinley wins! |
| Mark Hanna | McKinleys Campain Manager |
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