A.P. U.S. History
Mrs. Sanchez
Chapter 24-Politics in the Gilded Age
Chapter 24 Due by Wednesday, January 10, 2001

I. The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant
a. Why did Grant win the election?
b. What was "waving the bloody shirt?
II. The Era of Good Stealings
a. How was corruption running rampant in the period after the Civil War?
b. What happened in regard to Jim Fisk and Jay Gould and their plan?
c. Who was Boss Tweed?  What was the Tweed Ring and how was it exposed?
III. A Carnival of Corruption
a. What was the Credit Mobilier Scandal?
b. What was the Whiskey Ring?
IV. The Liberal Republican Revolt of 1872
a. What were the key events of the election of 1872?
V. Depression and Demands for Inflation
a. What events led to the panic and inflation of 1873?
b. Who was affected by the inflation?
c. Describe the conflicting issues between hard-money supporters and those that supported cheap-money.
d. How did hard-money advocates win victories?
e. What events occurred around the devaluation of silver in 1873?
f. What is the significance of the Bland-Allison Act of 1878?
VI. Pallid Politics in the Gilded Age
a. What does the term Gilded Age mean and who gave it its name?
b. What differences existed between the Democratic and Republican parties?
c. Who were the supporters of the Democratic and Republican parties?
d. Who was the Grand Army of the Republic?
e. What was the significance of patronage to the elections?
f. Who were the Stalwarts?
g. Who were the Half-Breeds?
VII. The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876
a. Why was Hayes chosen for the Republican Party candidate?
b. Why was Tilden chosen as the Democratic Party candidate?
c. Why did a conflict arise on the returns in the election of 1876?
d. What possible outcomes could be presented?
VIII. The Compromise of 1877 and the End of Reconstruction
a. How was the election deadlock to be broken?
b. What were the features of the Compromise of 1877?
c. What were the negative results of the Compromise of 1877?
d. How was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 weakened?
e. How did the South eliminate any gains the freedmen had achieved?
f. Describe the evils of the crop-lien system.
g. What were Jim Crow laws?
h. What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
IX. Class Conflicts and Ethnic Clashes
a. What events caused the Railroad strike of 1877 and what was the outcome?
b. Describe the plight of the Chinese in America in the late 1800's?
c. Who were the Kearneyites and what did they try to do?
d. What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
X. "Cold Water" Gets Cold Shoulder
XI. The Garfield Interlude
a. How did Garfield win the election?
b. Describe the circumstances around Garfield's death.
c. What was the importance of Garfield's death?
XII. Chester Arthur Takes Command
a. What was the importance of the Pendleton Act of 1883?
b. What were the features of the Pendleton Act?
c. What problems did the Pendleton Act create?
XIII. The Blaine-Cleveland Mudslingers of 1884
a. Who were the Mugwumps?
b. Why were Blaine and Cleveland chosen as candidates in 1884?
c. What scandals affected the campaign?
d. Why did Blaine lose the election?
XIV. "Old Grover" Takes Over
a. Describe the key issues of Cleveland's administration?
XV. Cleveland battles for a Lower Tariff
a. Describe the problems surrounding the tariff.
XVI. Harrison Outs Cleveland in 1888
a. Why did Cleveland lose the election of 1888?