APUSH Gilded Age Flashcards - Politics & Elections

Ulysses S Grant (R) and Horatio Seymour (D); Grant

Candidates for 1868 Election + Winner

Ulysses S Grant (R) + Horace Greeley (D); Grant

Candidates for 1872 Election + Winner

upset the southerners with his journalism career + publications

What did Horace Greeley do that made him lose the 1872 election?

Rutherford B Hayes (R) + Samuel J Tilden (D); Hayes

Candidates of the 1876 election like+ winner

Compromise of 1877; 3 electoral votes went to Hayes which gave him the presidency but the ships and troops stationed in the south was withdrawn

What ended the election of 1876 and what were the provisions?

James Garfield (R) + William Hancock (D); James Garfield

Candidates of the 1880 Election + winner

Chester Arthur

Who replaced James Garfield after the assassination?

Pendleton Act 1883 (civil service reform)

What act passed as a result of Garfield’s assassination?

James Blaine (R) + Grover Cleveland (D); Cleveland

Candidates of 1884 election + winner

Half-Breeds

James Blaine was the leader of ?

Stalwarts

Roscoe Conkling was the leader of the ?

Party of Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion by Samuel Burchard (costed the Irish vote in NY)

What toast was made that led to the democratic victory of 1184? Who made it?

mudslinging

The 1884 election was full of ?

issue

the 1888 election was the first to feature an ?

tariffs

the issue of the 1888 election was ?

Benjamin Harrison (R) + Grover Cleveland (D); Harrison

Candidates of the 1888 election + winner

1888, 1896, Marcus Hana

Fear-mongering was used in the ___ election AND ______ by _______

Benjamin Harrison

The McKinley tax was instituted by _____

Grover Cleveland

1892 election victory

gold and silver (free silver)

1896 election issue

William McKinley (R) + William Jennings Bryan (D); McKinley

Candidates of 1896 election + victory

James B. Weaver

The 1892 election featured the first Populist nomination:

Cross of Gold; free silver

the _____ speech advocated for _______

Mary Lease

who acted as a recruiter for the farmer’s alliance?