APUSH Gilded Age 1877-1900 – Flashcards

Election of 1876 Ended Reconstruction by withdrawing last federal troops from the South Attempted to re-establish honest gov't after Grant administration Vetoed efforts to restrict Chinese immigration

Supported a bill reforming civil service Expanded # of gov't employees hired based on their qualifications rather than political connections Approved development of modern American navy Questioned high protective tariff

Election of 1884 Frugal and limited gov't in tradition of Jefferson New civil service system vetoed private pension bills INterstate Commerce Act of 1887 Dawes Act

Set up Civil Service Commission created system by which applicants for classified federal jobs would be selected on the basis of their scores on a competitive examinations

raised tax on foreign products to a peacetime high of more than 48%

Increaed coinage of silver

People's (Populist) Party 1892 Revolutionary b/c its attack on laissez-faire capitalism and attempt to form political alliance b/w poor whites and blacks To draft a political platform and nominate candidates for president and vice president for the new party Demanded increase in power of common voters through direct popular election of U.S. senators Use of initiatives and referendums that allowed citizens to vote directly on proposed laws Unlimited coinage of silver to increase money supply Graduated income tax public ownership of railroads by U.S. gov't Telegraph systems owned/operated by gov't Loans and federal warehouses for farmers to stabilize crop prices 8hour day for industrial workers

Decline in silver prices encouraged investors to trade silver dollars for gold dollars Gold reserve fell low Repealed Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890

provided moderate reduction in tariff rates included 2% income tax