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Election of 1872. Horace Greeley vs. US Grant. Chapter 24. Politics in the Gilded Age. After Civil war immigration increases Corruption because of immigration Jim Fisk, Jay Gould (Gold) Boss Tweed Credit mobiler (rail company) large contracts for little work Whiskey Ring.
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Election of 1872 • Horace Greeley vs. US Grant
Chapter 24 Politics in the Gilded Age
After Civil war immigration increases • Corruption because of immigration • Jim Fisk, Jay Gould (Gold) • Boss Tweed • Credit mobiler (rail company) • large contracts for little work • Whiskey Ring
Election of 1876 Hayes-Tilden Hayes needs 185- gets 184 several states disputed Compromise of 1877 Plessy v. Ferguson Chinese Exclusion act (1882) Garfield (standoff between mugwumps/ half-breeds): Arthur appointed
Demands for inflation • Panic of 1873 • Greenbacks • Crime of 73 • Bland-Allison Act
Politics of the Gilded Age • Major issues of the day: • Religion, public school, Immigration, GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)_
Garfield takes over 1880 • Garfield • Half breeds/ stalwarts • Charles Guiteau • Chester Arthur appointed all the way up • Pendleton civil service act
Dawes Act • Interstate Commerce Act • Crop lien system, share-cropping