gilded age questions
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| show | grant
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| what was the symbol of the republican political tactic attacking democrats with reminders of the civil war? | show 🗑
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| show | cornering the gold market
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| show | fisk
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| show | new york times and nast
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| show | boss tweed
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| show | credit moblier scandal
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| what was grant's greatest failing in the scandals that plagued his administration? | show 🗑
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| who was a colorful, cranky newspaper editor who carried the liberal republican and democratic banners against grant in 1872? | show 🗑
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| show | liberal republican
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| who was the wealthy new york financier whose bank collapsed in 1873, setting off an economic depression? | show 🗑
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| show | inflation of the money supply by issuing more paper currency
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| show | coinage of more silver
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| who was the congressional co-author of an 1878 act that empowered the treasury to mint limited amounts of silver? | show 🗑
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| what was mark twain's sarcastic name for the post-civil war era which emphasizes its atmosphere of greed and corruption? | show 🗑
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| show | 1. strong party loyalty 2. high voter turnout 3. few disagreements on national issues
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| show | patronage
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| what was the civil was veteran's organization that became potent political bulwark of the republican party in the late 19th century? | show 🗑
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| show | conkling
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| show | hayes
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| what was the republican party faction, led by senator roscoe conkling that opposed all attempts at civil service reform? | show 🗑
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| show | half-breeds
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| show | compromise of 1877
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| what was the key tradeoff featured in the compromise of 1877? | show 🗑
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| show | crop-lien system
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| what changes affected blacks in the south after federal troops were withdrawn in the compromise of 1877? (3) | show 🗑
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| show | jim crow
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| what did the supreme court's ruling in plessy v. ferguson upholding "separate but equal" public facilities in effect legalize? | show 🗑
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| show | kearney
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| show | chinese
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| show | to work in the gold mines and railroads
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| show | greenback labor party
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| who was the president whose assassination after only a few months in office spurred the passage of a civil-service law? | show 🗑
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| what system of choosing federal employees on the basis of merit rather than patronage was introduced by the pendleton act of 1883? | show 🗑
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| show | blaine
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| show | cleveland
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| who were the republican clean-government advocates who supported democrat cleveland in 1884 because of the corruption of republican nominee blaine? | show 🗑
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| show | rum, romanism, rebellion
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| who was the presidential grandson of another president who defeated cleveland by backing high tariffs? | show 🗑
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| show | sackville-west
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| describe the person who assassinated president james garfield. | show 🗑
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