1. Election of 1872
Horace Greeley vs. US Grant

2. Politics in the Gilded Age
Chapter 24
Politics in the Gilded Age

3. After Civil war immigration increases
Corruption because of immigration
Jim Fisk, Jay Gould (Gold)
Boss Tweed
Credit mobiler (rail company)
large contracts for little work
Whiskey Ring

4. Election of 1876
Hayes-Tilden
Hayes needs 185- gets 184
several states disputed
Compromise of 1877
Plessy v. Ferguson
Chinese Exclusion act (1882)
Garfield (standoff between mugwumps/ half-breeds): Arthur appointed

5. Demands for inflation Panic of 1873 Greenbacks Crime of 73
Bland-Allison Act

6. Politics of the Gilded Age
Major issues of the day:
Religion, public school, Immigration, GAR (Grand Army of the Republic)_

7. Garfield takes over 1880 Garfield Half breeds/ stalwarts
Charles Guiteau
Chester Arthur appointed all the way up
Pendleton civil service act

8. Dawes Act
Interstate Commerce Act
Crop lien system, share-cropping