Chapter 23 Apush Questions And Answers – Flashcards

a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

1883, enacted civil service reform, said the Civil Service Exam must be taken in order to recieve most government jobs (highest scores got the jobs), banned federal employees from giving campaign money to their party

The U.S. ended the minting of silver dollars and placed the country on the gold standard.

term used as a symbol of the rebellion of the Confederate states by the Republican Party to discredit the South in the years after 1865

signed pendleton act, which instituted the civil service. signed Chinese exclusion act, 21st president; one term; Republican; took over for Garfield; elected as VP of NY

a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party.

New York Attorney that headed prosecution against Boss Tweed. Fame during trial led to presidential nomination, but he lost against Hayes as a Democrat.

republican reformers who supported the spoils system

a joint-stock company organized in 1863 and reorganized in 1867 to build the Union Pacific Railroad. It was involved in a scandal in 1872 in which high government officials were accused of accepting bribes.

1873 law that required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver, increasing the money supply and causing inflation.

the corrupt part of Tammany Hall in New York City, that Samuel J. Tilden, the reform governor of New York had been instrumental in overthrowing.

an American lawyer who assassinated President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881. He was executed by hanging.

Republican nominee for president in 1884, previously a Secretary of State

leading Union general in the American Civil War.Grant first reached national prominence by taking Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862 in the first Union victories of the war. The following year, his brilliant campaign ending in the surrender of Vicksburg secured Union control of the Mississippi and—with the simultaneous Union victory at Gettysburg—turned the tide of the war in the North's

Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river, Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars., During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars.

the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power

20th President of the United States

He was the editor of the New York times and was nominated by the Liberal Repbulican Party to become presidnet

19th president of the united states, was famous for being part of the Hayes-Tilden election in which electoral votes were contested in 4 states, most corrupt election in US history

Newspaper cartoonist who produced satirical cartoons, he invented "Uncle Sam" and came up with the elephant and the donkey for the political parties. He nearly brought down Boss Tweed.