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Election of 1872 Horace Greeley vs. US Grant

Politics in the Gilded Age 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

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