History 202 Test 1

South was democratic North was republican, ruling party.

To provide food, clothing, and medicine to ex-slaves. Was disliked by Andrew Johnson.

From Tennessee, Vice President of Lincoln, advocated states rights

Lincoln's plan to allowed states back into statehood if 10% of people who voted in 1860 to swear their allegiance

conquered province

Stable labor force in the south, laws against vagrancy, and black men could not testify against whites.

Freedman's Bureau

lead to the 14th amendment

south divided into 5 districts. MARTIAL LAW: ran by military

Congress passed this, making it so presidents couldn't remove a senate-approved appointee without consent

house passed with yes, senate with no for johnson's impeachment

black male suffrage, loop-holes: poll tax, literary test

most popular figure after Civil war, known was persiding over a corrupt gov

Republican nom: Grant* Democratic nom: Seymore 214-80 electoral vote

supporters of Grant said this to remind voters of treason by confed.

railroad men who persuaded Grant to stop treasury from selling gold, price went up and they flooded the market

William "Boss" Tweed in NY, had power to get people elected in positions. Made an esti. 200 mil at expense of NYC. Exposed by cartoonist Thomas Nast

1872, railroad construction kickbacks. Gov had to give out land grants

Grant as rep. nom. and Horris Greeley as democratic nom. Grant wins for second term.

economic downfall, more factories built than the market could bare. 15,000 american businesses went bankrupt

Gilded Age, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison (Cleveland falls in this time, but is not a FP.)

Half breeds, mugwamps, Stalwarts faction

giving biased political positions

Republican: Hayes Demo: Tilden

unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election, and ended Reconstruction in the South.

Republican: Garfield Demo: Hancock

by Charles Guiteau on Sept 19, 1881. Arthur precedes him

rid of the spoils system, set up the Civil Service Commission

Republican: Blaine Democratic: Cleveland known for it's personal attacks, Blaine lost the Catholic-Irish voters b/c of a rep. clergyman saying demo. party was a "rum, romanism, and rebellion." First demo. president in 28 years

Republican: Harrison Demo: Cleveland Harrison wins

lay track out west, gov gave incentives for men to go.

"public be damned" when asked about the prices of the railways

individual states have no power to regulate interstate commerce Interstate Commerce Commission created to enforce ICA

Before 1880, Britain and W. Euro. They adapted better the American culture

After 1880, E. Euro. More communistic ways, tended to hold onto their countries customs

christianity should be applied to solve problems that manifested in slumsand factories

James Addams and Lawrence Kelley, created homes/places to learn

believed key to political and civil rights for A. Amer. was through economic independance. Crated Tuskegee Institute, attented Hampton Institute

demanded complete equality for A. Amer. Attended Ivy school in euro. believed a talents 10th of Americans would lead other A. Amer. to full social/political equality w/ whites.

"Progress & Poverty" and outlined potential problems for the country. "unearned wealth from rising land values" meant that people got rich just by being there

supplies meant to go out to the indians on reservations, but lots of it never made it

lead by Chief Joseph, Oregon Territory they willingly located, gold was discovered on their reservation, refused to move again, goaded to war, tried to escape to CA, caught and brought to KS

Chiefs Cochise and Gerinimo, AZ and NM territory.

Dakota Sioux Indians, white's didn't like their dance called "The Ghost Dance" that was for the buffalo to return and white peeps to vanish

wrote a book about the mistreatment of Indians titled "A Century of Dishonor"

designed to promote indian assimulation into white culture, did away with tribes

1. Mining: 1st attraction, played vital role in attracting out west 2. Cattle: free ranged until inven. of barbed wire 3. Farming: permanent type, if good land was avail.

allowed a settler to acquire as much as 160 acres of land and stay on it for 5 years and improve it, pay $30 lots of land was dry and unworkable

social/educational organization, to stimulate self-improvement throught those activities

late 1870's in Kansas, more political than grange

was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891 Based among poor, white cotton farmers in the South

Mary E. Lease, Sockless Jerry Simpson, Pitchfork Ben Tillman

Demo: Cleveland, Rep: Harrison Populist Party: James B. Weaver Cleveland wins 2nd term

workers refused to operate on Pullman cars, which threw off train schedules RR owners got together and decided to attach mail cars to Pullman cars, which made it illegal for workers to not work on them

Republican: McKinley Democratic: William J. Bryant Markus Hanna supported McKinley, campaigned for him hard 271-176 vote count