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Jim Fisk
________ and Jay Gould came up with a plot to drastically raise the price of the gold market in 186.
Cleveland
Was the first Democrat to take over the presidency in 28 years
Treasury
Was running a budget surplus due to revenue that was generated by the high tariff that was enacted during the Civil War
Resumption Act of 1875
Required the government to continue to withdraw greenbacks from circulation and to redeem all paper currency in gold at face value, starting in 1879
Overspeculation
Was the primary cause of the panic of 1873
J.P. Morgan
Lent government $ 65 million in gold to increase Treasury's reserve
Populists
Nominated General James B. Weaver for the presidential election of 1892
Congress
________ passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, which stopped Chinese immigration into America, to appease them.
Democrats
Were immigrant Lutherans and Roman Catholics who believed in toleration of differences in an imperfect world
Garfield
Won the election of 1880, but was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau at a Washington railroad station
Hayes
Grant, ________, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, and Cleveland were known as the "forgettable presidents.
Credit Mobilier scandal
Came to be in 1872 when Union Pacific Railroad insiders formed the Credit Mobilier construction company and then hired themselves at inflated prices to build the railroad
Peoples Party
________ " (Populists) "formed from frustrated farmers in the agricultural belts of the West and South.
McKinley Tariff Act
Caused the Republican Party to lose public support their majority in Congress in the congressional elections of 1890
Civil-service reform
Forced politicians to gain support and funds from big business leaders
Wilson-Gorman Tariff Of 1894
Lowered tariffs and added a 2% tax on incomes over $4,000
James G Blaine
Republicans chose ________ as their presidential candidate for the election of 1884.
James A. Garfield
Was chosen as the presidential candidate for the election of 1880 because Hayes was despised by his own Republican party
Liberal Republican Party
Was formed in 1872 in response to political corruption in Washington and dissatisfaction with military Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
Was passed by Congress with it containing the Electoral Count Act which set up an electoral commission that consisted of 15 men from the Senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court
Boss Tweed
Employed bribery, graft, and fraudulent elections to milk New York of about $200 million
Pendleton Act of 1833
Made mandatory campaign contributions from federal employees illegal and established the Civil Service Commission to make appointments to federal jobs on the basis of merit
Billion Dollar Congress
________ gave pensions to Civil War veterans, increased government purchases on silver, and passed the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890.
Cleveland
Ran for president in the election of 1892 and won, beating the Populist and Republican Party
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Declared that “separate but equal” facilities for blacks were legal under the 14th Amendment
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