1. Cody Lynch and Jonathon Rigney
Political Reform
Cody Lynch and Jonathon Rigney

2. Stalwarts and Half-breeds
Stalwarts- the conservative faction that opposed Hayes.
Half-Breeds- the derogative term used against those who were moderate republicans. Stating they were only half republican.

3. Pendleton Act Said government jobs should be based on merit.
You could not fire a government employee due to political reasons.
Created the United States Civil Service Commission.

4. Grover Cleveland The only president to serve two non consecutive terms
Led the Bourbon Democrats who opposed high tariffs, imperialism, free silver, and inflation.
Supported gold standard and intervened during the Pullman Strike.

5. Mugwumps
Republican activists who went from the republican party to the democratic party.
Made the difference in the election of 1884.
The term was still widely used for any “party hoppers.”

6. Campaign and Election of 1884
1884: Republican candidate: James G Blaine Democratic: Grover Cleveland
Blaine was accused of political scandal with the Mulligan letters by selling his congressional influence
Cleveland was said to have had a child out of wedlock but won the election of Those who didn’t like Cleveland said “ma, ma, where’s my pa?” making fun of his child in which followers would say “gone to the Whitehouse!”

7. Campaign and Election of 1892
Cleveland ran against Harrison and won the presidency
The tariff was the main issue in this election
Harrisons wife died 2 weeks before election and everyone stopped campaigning

8. Presidency Cleveland supported the gold standard
He gave jobs to those deserving not just party supporters
Lobbied the Scott act
Pullman Strike: railroaders went on strike and Cleveland got an injunction and they didn’t follow it so he sent in troops to quell them
Did not annex Hawaii when the opportunity came
Had cancer in his mouth but it was removed by a secret surgery.

9. Interstate Commerce Commission
Original purpose was to regulate railroads for fair rates.
Created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.
Later abolished.

10. Gold Standard Signed by William McKinnley
Establish gold as the only way to redeem paper money.
Gold established at a fixed dollar value.

11. Civil Rights
Cleveland thought reconstruction was a “failed experiment” and did not put blacks in patronage jobs but he did keep Frederick Douglass and when he retired he was replaced with another African American
He negotiated an extenuation of the Chinese exclusion act
He liked the Indians and tried to help with the Dawes act but Arthur let whites settle on Indian land and Cleveland sent in troops to enforce treaties and investigate why this happened

12. Scott Act Established in 1888
Established that no Chinese immigrant that left the U.S. could return.
Passed to expand on the Chinese Exclusion Act.

13. Dawes Act Adopted in 1887 Sponsored by Henry Dawes
Allowed the president to survey tribal land and divide it for Indians.

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