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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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financiers jim fisk and jay gould tried to get the grant administration involved what corrupt scheme?   show
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show fisk  
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show new york times and nast  
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who was the heavy weight new york political boss whose widespread fraud landed him in jail in 1871?   show
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show credit moblier scandal  
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show his toleration for corruption  
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show greeley  
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what was the third party that backed horace greeley against grant in teh election of 1872?   show
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show cooke  
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show inflation of the money supply by issuing more paper currency  
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for what did the westerners and farmers who attacked the "crime of '73" call?   show
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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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show gilded age  
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show 1. strong party loyalty 2. high voter turnout 3. few disagreements on national issues  
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what was the primary goal for which all factions in both political parties contended?   show
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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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what was the complex political agreement between republicans and democrats that resolved the bitterly disputed election of 1876?   show
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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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show unequal segregation between the races  
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who was the irish-born leader of the anti-chinese movement in california?   show
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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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show garfield  
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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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who was the charming but corrupt "half-breed" republican senator and presidential nominee in 1884?   show
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show cleveland  
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show mugwumps  
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show rum, romanism, rebellion  
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show benjamin harrison  
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who was the british ambassador whose pro-cleveland advocacy during the election of 1888 got him expelled from the united states?   show
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show mentally unstable, disappointed office-seeker  
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