A | B |
Rutherford B Hayes' Compromise of 1877 | 4 parts: Southerner in Cabinet, Hayes president, troops leave, federal money for RR in South |
James Garfield and Chester Arthur | Garfield assassinated after only a few months in office by Charles J Guiteau |
Pendleton Act | made civil service commissioners to get government jobs |
Pendleton Act 2 | reduced influence of patronage system |
Grover Cleveland | Cleveland vs Blaine hardcore campaigning |
Mugwump | Independent Republicans voted for Cleveland |
Wabash v. Illinois | state regulation of railroad, Interstate Commerce Act 1887 |
Benjamin Harrison | Congress disposes last ever treasury surplus |
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890 | Regulates trade because of corruption in business |
Grover Cleveland 2 | 1894 Pullman strike, most important of this time |
American Railway Union | place in which strikes took place |
American Railway Union 2 | large manufacturer of sleeping carts; strike resulted in violence and deaths of workers |
technological revolution | Thomas Edison phonograph, light bulb, George Westinghouse Alternating Current |
technological revolution 2 | ; Samuel Morse Telegraph; Alexander Graham Telephone; Steel lighter stronger, flexible and cheaper |
Interstate Commerce Act | regulated RR rates, made monopolies illegal, 4 different time zones |
Robber Barons | billionaires of this era; good; helpful to economy; bad robbed small companies |