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$100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Mush Pot 1TermersPresidents&PaupersPotpourri Good, Good Stealin’1868

C1-$ $100 Who was the Republican Presidential candidate in 1868? Ulysses Simpson Grant

C1-$ $200 What platform did the Republican candidate run on? Continue Reconstruction

C1-$ $300 Who was Grant’s democratic opponent? Horatio Seymour

C1-$ $400 What was the Democratic platform? Repudiation-repayment of all war debts in greenbacks

C1-$ $500 How did Grant win? Waving the “bloody shirt” that is reviving gory memories of the Civil War

C2-$100 Mush Pot Mush Pot - $100 The Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was legal under the 14 th amendment in this case? Plessy vs Ferguson

C2-$200 Mush Pot Mush Pot - $200 What politically significant event happened during the term of Rutherford B. Hayes? Nothing

C2-$300 Mush Pot Mush Pot - $300 What was the biggest controversy during the Presidency of R.B. Hayes? Kearneyites vs the Chinese

C2-$400 Mush Pot Mush Pot - $400 This is the “Magna Carta” of civil service reform of 1883? The Pendleton Act (Set up the Civil Service commission)

C2-$500 Mush Pot Mush Pot - $500 Who are the forgettable Presidents and why? Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Harrison. They left dim political records. They made Cleveland seem like a shining star.

C3-$100 1 Termers 1 Termers - $100 Who was the Republican candidate for President in 1884? James G. Blaine (Accused of being corrupt – machine run)

C3-$200 1 Termers 1 Termers - $200 The Democrats chose a reformer named? What did he reform? Grover Cleveland Ethics- honesty in politics. 1) He vetoed pension claims from non-soldiers 2) Lowered the tariff 3) Passed the Dawes Act to control the Indians 4) Interstate Commerce Act was passed to control the railroads

C3-$300 1 Termers 1 Termers - $300 Who did the Democrats choose in 1888? Why did he loose? Grover Cleveland He was so honest he made everyone mad

C3-$400 1 Termers 1 Termers - $400 The Republicans chose who in 1888? Benjamin Harrison

C3-$500 1 Termers 1 Termers - $500 Why were the best men NOT in politics? They were making huge amounts of money as the captains of industry

C4-$100 Presidents & Paupers Presidents & Paupers- $100 Who was the Democratic Candidate for President in 1880 and what was his platform? Winfield S. Hancock Civil service reform and tariff for revenue only

C3-200 Presidents & Paupers Presidents & Paupers - $200 Who were the Republican candidates for President and VP? James Garfield and Chester Arthur

C3-$300 Presidents & Paupers Presidents & Paupers - $300 Garfield was shot in 1881 and Arthur became President. Why was Garfield shot? Charles Guiteau a supporter of NY Senator Conkling shot him. Conkling controlled the NY political machine

C3-$400 Presidents & Paupers Presidents & Paupers - $400 Why wasn’t Arthur re-nominated in 1884? His reforms (Pendleton Act) had offended many Republicans

C3-$500 Presidents & Paupers Presidents & Paupers - $500 What’s a Mugwump? Republicans who bolted to the Democratic Party when they didn’t get their way.

C4-$100 Potpourri Potpourri - $100 First Grant vetoed the bill, then the Resumption Act was passed in Both of these concerned what? The use of greenbacks

C4-$200 Potpourri Potpourri - $200 This law required the government to buy between $2 - $4 million in silver each month. Bland-Allison Act of 1878

C4-$300 Potpourri Potpourri - $300 Republican candidate in 1876, called “The Great Unknown” Rutherford B. Hayes

C4-$400 Potpourri Potpourri - $400 In 1876 the Democratic Presidential candidate “Whispering Sammy” Samuel Tilden

C4-$500 Potpourri Potpourri - $500 This event ended Reconstruction Compromise of 1877, the election of Hayes

C4-$100 Good, Good, Stealin’ Good, Good, Stealin’- $100 They concocted a plot to corner the gold market, Kept the gov. from selling gold, thus keeping the price high Jubilee Jim Fish and Jay Gould

C4-$200 Good, Good, Stealin’ Good, Good, Stealin’ - $200 A New Yorker who used bribery, graft and corruption to steal as much as $200 million from the city. Boss Tweed and the Tweed gang

C4-$300 Good, Good, Stealin’ Good, Good, Stealin’ - $300 Boss Tweed is an example of the beginning of this? Well oiled political machine

C4-$400 Good, Good, Stealin’ Good, Good, Stealin’ - $400 A railway company, rocked by scandal, that often charged the Gov. 40% more than actual building costs. Credit Moblier Company

C4-$500 Good, Good, Stealin’ Good, Good, Stealin’ - $500 Two further corruptions during the Grant administration were: Whiskey Ring – stole millions in excise taxes Sec. of War Belknap selling “junk” to the Indians at a huge profit