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| Ulysses S. Grant | Great soldier yet an inept leader; Was the Republican candidate and he won from freedman votes, slaves; Was very inept at being president and many bad things happened right under his nose; Had the most scandals as a president and let the thieves get away because they were friends; Despite his stupidity he was elected to a second term in 1872. |
| Horatio Seymour | Ran against Grant for Democrats but shot down "Ohio Idea" and lost many votes. |
| Jim Fisk | Was a crafty man that tried to corner Gold market with Jay Gould; Called "Jubilee Jim" Fisk; Their plan centered on the US Treasury not releasing gold; On "Black Friday," September 24, 1869, the two drove the price of gold skyward until the Treasury had to release gold. They were then caught and it was discovered that the two had tried to bribe Grant to not release the gold. |
| Jay Gould | Crafty man that tried to corner Gold market with Jim Fisk; their plan centered on the US Treasury not releasing gold; On "Black Friday," September 24, 1869, the two drove the price of gold skyward until the Treasury had to release the gold. They were then caught and it was discovered that the two had tried to bribe Grant to not release the gold. |
| Thomas Nast | Cartoonist that ruined Tweed and helped bring him to justice; Tweed tried to bribe him to stop but Nast didn't and Tweed then complained that his followers "couldn't help seeing them damn pictures." |
| Horace Greeley | Nominated for presidency in 1872 by Liberal Republicans; Was beaten by Grant and soon after lost everything else; His parties run pitches though were slightly adopted by Grant and it left some imprint on the second Grant administration. |
| Jay Cooke | American financier noted for his part in marketing Union bonds to finance the Civil War. The Collapse of his bank led to the Panic of 1873. |
| Roscoe Conkling | New York Senator who led a Republican "Stalwart" faction; Used the spoils system to get what he needed. |
| James G. Blaine | Leader of the Half-breeds; wich used promises of civil service reform to get votes; Republican vote in 1884; Lost to Grover Cleveland. |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Opposition to Tilden in 1876; Was a Republican and was chosen because he was relatively unknown; Election was very close and required a compromise to be decided, Compromise of 1877; Won by means of Compromise of 1877; Presidency was surrounded with labor riots, didn't end till he sent out the troops; Dealt with problem of Chinese immigrants, upset California and when he had left they passed a bill against the Chinese anyway. |
| Samuel Tilden | Headed up prosecution against Tweed and got him locked away; Democrat in 1876 election; Election was very close and required a compromise to be decided, Compromise of 1877. |
| James A. Garfield | Ran against Hancock for president in 1880; Was the Republican nomination; Became president that didn't last long; Was killed by Charles Guiteau in Washington train station. |
| Chester A. Arthur | Took over when Garfield died; After Garfield's death many urged political service reform and Arthur backed this and helped it through the legislative process. |
| Winfield S. Hancock | Ran against Garfield for president in 1880; Was the Democrat nomination; Lost in both popular and electoral votes. |
| Charles J. Guiteau | Mental deranged man who shot President Garfield in Washington train station. |
| Grover Cleveland | Democrat nomination in 1884; Election was a mudslinging battle and really didn't deal with issues; Cleveland won though easily in electoral but scraped by in popular; was tough and stood behind many bills and moral issues; centered his rage on lower tariffs; read everything before signing, wanted to uphold some morals in the White House. |
| Benjamin Harrison | Republican nomination against Cleveland in 1888; Defeats Cleveland barely; but his presidency was forgettable; Influenced many to vote his way with money. |
| cheap money | A term used to describe the support of the re-issuance of greenbacks. |
| hard/sound money | Supporters of backing a money with gold, hard money is money that does not lose value because of inflation or deflation. |
| contraction | Because of too much money in Treasury, there was a deflationary effect in the nation; could aslo be called a recession. |
| resumption | The backing of all money by gold |
| Gilded Age | Age of economic prosperity but not anything else; the rest of the age was filled with discrimination, scandals, and problems. |
| spoils system | Put into place by political machines, began in the Jackson administration, involved in the placement of political friends and allies into high positions within the government. |
| "Ohio Idea" | Called for a maximum extent possible of redemption of greenbacks. |
| The "bloody shirt" | Slogans for Grant's campaign which used the outcome of the Civil War to his advantage, such as the bringing up of war issues and slogans like "Vote like you shot." |
| Tweed Ring | New York City ring of crime bosses head up by Boss Tweed; stole taxes and tampered elections. |
| Credit Mobilier | Railroad Construction Company formed by the insiders of the Union Pacific Railway; They then hired themselves and charged 50,000 dollars a mile when it actually cost 30,000 dollars. They then feared a Congressional halt to their actions, so contributed key stock to congressmen; was discovered in 1872 and the trail led all the way to the vice-president. |
| Whiskey Ring | Yet another ring, which was found out with the credit mobilier scandal; had robbed millions from Treasury in excise-tax revenues. |
| Liberal Republicans | Ran for office in 1872; Wanted to get the rascals out of the White House; Greeley was their nomination. |
| Resumption Act | Was an act to further withdraw greenbacks from circulation, all money backed by gold beginning in 1879. |
| "Crime of '73" | A call for inflation by Westerners over silver and greenbacks. |
| Bland-Allison Act | Compromise struck on the silver problem, masterminded by Richard P. Bland; Required the Treasury to buy between two million and four million silver buillions each year. |
| Greenback Labor Party | Democratic Party which believed in cheap money; inflation. |
| GAR | Grand Army of the Republic; Veterans of Civil War that voted republican. |
| Stalwart | Republican faction that used spoils system to get votes. |
| Half-Breed | Republican faction that promoted civil service reform. |
| Compromise of 1877 | Disputed states would be decided by an electoral court; 15 people who would met and then decide who each disputed state went to; In the 1876 election they voted in the favor of Republicans; Republicans to get Democrats to agree had to give up their military rule of Lousiana and South Carolina; Assured Democrats a spot at Presidential patronage trough. |
| Pendleton Act | Passed 1883; Was the so-called Magna Carta of civil service reform; Developed a merit system for people to get into office; smashed spoils system; set up civil service commission. |
| Mugwumps | People who left Republican party and went to the Democratic because of James Blaine. |
