Chapter 23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, Name 1869-1896 (Pages 502 527) Per. Date Row I. The Bloody Shirt Elects Grant A. Why Republicans nominated Grant/qualification for presidency B. What many of the Democrats wanted as part of the party platform/who they nominated C. Factors which helped Grant win/meaning of phrase waving the bloody shirt II. The Era of Good Stealings A. What crooked deal Jim Fisk and Jay Gould cooked up Grant s role in this B. The Tweed Ring in New York City: Actions of Boss Tweed III. A Carnival of Corruption A. Credit Mobilier scandal what happened B. Whiskey Ring scandal what happened C. Belknap scandal D. Grant s role in this type of activity IV. The Liberal Republican Revolution of 1872 A. Define Grantism B. What new Liberal Republican Party wanted their slogan C. Why it was a mistake for Liberal Republicans to nominate Horace Greeley as their candidate D. What candidate Democrats supported E. After Grant won election, what Republicans did because of conflict with Liberal Republican Party in the election give examples of actions taken
V. Depression, Deflation, and Inflation A. Causes of Depression of 1873 B. What the debtors and farmers wanted versus what the creditors/bankers wanted C. What actions Grant took in regard to the money problem D. What people wanted the coinage of silver and why E. Contraction what this is and why Grant supported it/effects of contraction VI. Pallid Politics in the Gilded Age A. Why politicians were timid and cautious in this era B. Degree of similarity between Democrats and Republicans? C. Voter turnout during this era D. Differences between Republicans and Democrats type of people, values, religion, geographical regions E. Patronage define and explain importance in this era F. The Half-Breeds and the Stalwarts leaders of each group and what the group stood for VII. The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876 A. Republican candidate for president: Rutherford B. Hayes qualifications B. Democratic candidate for president: Samuel J. Tilden qualifications C. What problem occurred in the election of 1876
VIII. The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction A. Electoral Count Act how this law would settle the election results B. What the electoral commission decided and why C. Democrats reaction to the decision of the electoral commission D. Deadlock was broken by the Compromise of 1877 EXPLAIN E. The compromise bought peace at a price. Who paid the price? F. How the Supreme Court subverted the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and the Fourteenth Amendment IX. The Birth of Jim Crow in the Post-Reconstruction South A. Who were the Redeemers and what did they do? B. How the blacks in the South were affected in general terms C. Define Jim Crow laws D. Importance of Plessy v. Ferguson X. Class Conflicts and Ethnic Clashes A. The Great Railroad Strike how it ended B. Why the Chinese were having problems in California/why they had come to U.S. C. Importance of Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark XI. Garfield and Arthur A. Main factor why Garfield (a Republican) was elected President in 1880
B. Garfield s assassination: Who was the assassin and what was his reasoning? C. What was the only positive impact of Garfield s assassination? D. Importance of Pendleton Act of 1883 XII. The Blaine-Cleveland Mudslingers of 1884 A. Republican nominee for President: Blaine mud that was slung at him B. Who were the Mugwumps? C. Democratic nominee for President: Cleveland mud that was slung at him D. Factors that led to Blaine losing the election XIII. Old Grover Takes Over A. Cleveland s policy toward business B. How Cleveland eased the tensions between North and South C. Cleveland s civil service policy how he buckled under D. Cleveland s policy toward military pensions GAR (define) why this was risky business XIV. Cleveland Battles for a Lower Tariff A. Why the U.S. had a budget surplus where was it coming from and why? B. What two options Congress could take regarding the surplus issue
C. What Cleveland decided to do about the tariff and why D. What impact Cleveland s tariff policy had on the election of 1888 E. Main reason why Benjamin Harrison won the election of 1888 XV. The Billion Dollar Congress A. Why the Republicans had a problem getting bills through in the House of Representatives what role Thomas B. Reed played in this problem B. How the Billion Dollar Congress spent the surplus C. Importance of the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 effect on farmers D. Farmer s Alliance what it was XVI. The Drumbeat of Discontent Origins of Populists or People s Party B. Eight things the Populists wanted C. Strike at Homestead Steel Plant (Pittsburgh): What violence occurred and how it ended D. Populist candidate for president in 1892: Who? In what states did he do well? E. Explanation of why the South didn t join the Populist Party
F. How the Populist attempt to get blacks to join their party hurt the conditions of blacks in the South: 3 ways blacks were kept from exercising their right to vote G. What happened to black/populist alliance XVII. Cleveland and Depression A. Cleveland became president in 1893 why was this unusual? B. Severity and causes of the Depression of 1893 C. Explanation of why U.S. gold reserve was dangerously low D. What Cleveland did to stop the problem with the low gold reserve the degree to which this worked E. Cleveland s deal with J.P. Morgan what was the deal? XVIII. Cleveland Breeds a Backlash A. Why Cleveland s deal with Morgan caused problems B. Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 why this caused Cleveland problems C. The forgettable presidents
XIX. Varying Viewpoints: The Populists Radicals or Reactionaries Analyze the various interpretations of whether the Populists were very radical in the changes they were promoting or whether they were reactionary in wanting to go back to the past. A. Progressive view of Populism B. Hofstadter s view of Populism C. Goodwyn s view of Populism