APUSH Chapter 23

22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes

an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

Democrat who lost to Ulysses S. Grant in the election of 1868

United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)

Newspaper cartoonist who produced satirical cartoons, he invented "Uncle Sam" and came up with the elephant and the donkey for the political parties. He nearly brought down Boss Tweed.

19th president of the united states, was famous for being part of the Hayes-Tilden election in which electoral votes were contested in 4 states, most corrupt election in US history

Democratic nominee for president in 1876, loses narrowly

the 20th President of the US; he died two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration.

took over from garfield, changed from stalwart to halfbreed passed pendleton

22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes

23rd President; Republican, poor leader, introduced the McKinley Tariff and increased federal spending to a billion dollars

"The Czar" When Republicans controlled everything, he was Speaker of the House and he ran the House like his own castle. He and

25th president, Republican, Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism

The Democratic candidate who ran against Eisenhower in 1952. His intellectual speeches earned him and his supporters the term "eggheads". Lost to Eisenhower.

United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)

railroads; king of banking and finance; U.S. Treasury had to borrow $62 million; had a monopoly on the railroads; intimidating

Appears to sparkle but beneath the surface lies corruption, crime, poverty, and disparities in wealth

the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power

System that allowed farmers to get more credit. They used harvested crops to pay back their loans.

When congress votes for an unnecessary building project so that a member can get more district popularity

the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

an exemption based on circumstances existing prior to the adoption of some policy

wealthy eastern delegate demanded a prmoise that federal war bonds be released in gold, even though many were proclaimed with greenbucks. but the poorer western delagates wanted this. it called for redemption of greenbucks. debt burdened democrats this hoped to keep more money and keep interests rates lower

remembering the civil war and what happened

the corrupt part of Tammany Hall in New York City, that Samuel J. Tilden, the reform governor of New York had been instrumental in overthrowing.

a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.

During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars.

Party formed in 1872 (split from the ranks of the Republican Party) which argued that the Reconstruction task was complete and should be set aside. Significantly dampered further Reconstructionist efforts.

The Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the United States Congress in 1873 and embraced the gold standard and de-monetized silver. U.S. set the specie standard in gold and not silver, upsetting miners who referred to it as a crime

government buys silver each month and mint it into coins

Political party that farmers sought refuge in at first, combined inflationary appeal of earlier Greenabackers w/ program for improving labor

Civil War Union veteran's organization that became a potent political bulwark of the Republican part in the late nineteenth century

a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

against spoil system,

Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

began a transfer of federal jobs from the patronage to the merit system