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Chapter XXIV: Politics in the Gilded Age
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What did the "Bloody Shirt" have to do with Grant's election in 1868? | |
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Why did Bailey call the Grant Administration the "Era of Good Stealing"? | |
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If you had $ 10,000 to invest in 1872, of the following "big shots", whose advice would you be most likely to follow - Jay Gould, Hamilton Fish, Ulysses Grant, William Tweed, Schuyler Colfax, Chauncey DePew? Whose advice would you avoid at all costs? Why? | |
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If Grant was such a lousy president and if a large number of Republicans couldn't stand him, how come he won the reelection of 1872? | |
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Why did the Republicans favor "hard money" why did just about every else favor "soft money"? | |
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If you were a typical farmer of the 1870's would you rather see inflation or deflation in the economy? Why? | |
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Why did "Stalwarts" dislike "Half-Breeds"? What is a Mugwump, anyhow? | |
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Why was the election of 1876 such an unusual one? | |
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How did the Democrats trap themselves with the Electoral Count Act? | |
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How did the outcome of the election of 1876 help determine the end of Reconstruction? | |
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Why was "Ruther fraud" a particularly unlikely nickname for President Hayes? | |
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What did Denis Kearney and the Sydney Ducks have to do with Tongs and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? | |
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Why did Charles Guiteau assassinate James Garfield? How was the Pendleton Act of 1883 related to this tragedy? | |
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Why is the presidential campaign of 1884 considered to be one of the "dirtiest" in American History? Who was the more qualified candidate for president, Blaine or Cleveland? Why? | |
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Grover Cleveland is sometimes rated a "near great" president by historians. What evidence from his first administration exists to justify such an accolade? | |
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Why didn't Cleveland win in 1888? What did Lionel Saukville-West have to do with it? | |
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