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 “Bloody Shirt” ◦ Using Civil War memories to receive votes  Administration Scandals: ◦ Credit Mobilier:  Railroad insiders hired themselves at inflated prices  VP of US accepted payments ◦ Whiskey Ring:  Stole excise-tax revenues from Treasury department  Grant’s private secretary was involved  Boss Tweed: ◦ Tammany Hall, stole over $200 million ◦ Thomas Nast helped contribute to his capture

 Causes: ◦ Overproduction of RR’s, mines, factories, etc. ◦ Bankers made too many risky loans  Effects: ◦ Debate over hard currency vs. greenbacks ◦ Debtors wanted greenbacks. Why?  Paper $, inflation decreased value ◦ Lenders wanted hard currency. Why?  Hard $, not affected by inflation, increased value VS

 “Solid South”: ◦ Democratic base in much of the South  Grand Army of Republic (GAR): ◦ Several 100,000 Union veterans that tended to vote Republican  Stalwarts: ◦ Led by Roscoe Conkling, believed in patronage  Half-Breeds: ◦ Led by James G. Blaine, wanted civil service reform

 Settled the dispute in the election of 1876 (Hayes – Republican, Tilden – Democrat)  Hayes (R) is elected, Democrats are promised :  In return for compromise: ◦ Reconstruction ends – Military is withdrawn ◦ Patronage, RR construction through Texas  Civil Rights Act of 1875: ◦ Guaranteed EQUAL accommodations in public places and prohibited racial discrimination in jury selection  Civil Rights Cases (1883) ◦ Supreme Court stated 14 th amendment only prohibited government violations of civil rights, not denial by individuals ◦ Sets up stage for Jim Crow Laws – legal segregation

 1880: 9% of CA population were Asian immigrants ◦ Asians tended to build RR and dig for gold ◦ Leads to discrimination and resentment towards immigrants  Nativism  Chinese Exclusion Act: Limits Chinese immigration until 1943  US vs. Wong Kim Ark: ◦ Guarantees citizenship to ALL people born in US

 Rutherford B. Hayes: ◦ Compromise of 1877, 1 st president to send troops to break up RR strike  James A. Garfield: ◦ Died 6 months into office – Destiny of a Republic ◦ In favor of civil service reform  Chester A. Arthur: ◦ VP to Garfield, was a stalwart ◦ ***Pendleton Act of 1833 – Instituted Civil Service Reform***  Grover Cleveland: ◦ Laissez-faire advocate  Benjamin Harrison: ◦ Won electoral vote against Cleveland, lost electoral vote  Grover Cleveland: ◦ Still a laissez-faire advocate

 1881: Treasury had annual surplus of $145 million ◦ Most of government revenue came from tariffs  Cleveland wanted lower tariffs – he was a Democrat  ***McKinley Tariff Act of 1890*** ◦ Highest peacetime rate ever (48.4%) ◦ Hated by farmers, loved by North  Remember…. Republicans want to Raise tariffs

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