ref. to how the Democrats were blamed by the Rep. for       starting the Civil War

business and political

leaders

the ref. is to political leaders controlling the political process and

            engaging in graft and corruption

overspeculation in RxRs, grainfields, mines and factories than         demand could support.

Gould and Fiske tried to corner the gold market, but Treasury         will release gold to thwart.  If they had then the gov’t would have been buying           from them.

political cartoonist that exposed the greed to the illiterate through   his pictures

fraudulent railroad construction company that was   created by Union Pacific RxR insiders and was paid by Congress at exorbitant            rates.

Even the V.P of US    took money.

1868 Dem. platform – that would redeem war bonds with paper

            money. put more money into circulation.  Never enacted

want to stop the corruption of

            Grant administration and end military reconstruction

the Old Guard – who held most of the

            civil service jobs / Conservatives that did not want to give up control / status quo

gave lip service to civil service reform

            mainly to get elected

reformers that couldn’t swallow Blaine in

            1884 and thus voted Democrat

. reference to Blaine’s letters to a Boston

            businessman connecting him with federa.

Hayes wins the election of 1876 , receives the electoral votes from the three           disputed states of S.C., Fla., La.

-           military will leave those three states (ending reconstruction)

-           Dems will receive several high posts in gov’t

est. Civil Service Commission – federal jobs made on competitive skills (merit)

            not pull – “who you know”

It was a first, but only 10% of jobs fell under the Commission

opposed because of     laissez-faire principles

Wanted to shore up gold which was being     bleed away through silver purchases.

when south left they had given up state authority and thus were

            now under congressional authority under their territorial  designated powers.

leader of the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of

            the War and leader of the radical reconstruction plan

5 military districts to reconstruct the south and make

            sure that the Force acts were enforced and that Freedman’s bureau operated the

            best possible.

Federal troops could stop the infringement of 14^th amendment

            rights.

southerners that sided with the republican leadership during military

            reconstruction.

Conf. won – would mean a long war. Inflated conf.

confidence

Even with Lee’s  plans he failed to follow up

                        after antietam

Victor in the west that used the one resource that the

                        South could not contend.

victories into Gettysburg which allowed him to think

                        Pickett’s charge would break the Union

It was a Supreme Court case that dealt with corporate rates and agriculture. It declared that that business interest used for public good be regulated by the federal government

·         7 police officers and 4 citizens were killed in the round of gunfire that followed

·         8 anarchists were charged with murder; 4 were hanged, 1 committed suicide, and the other 3 were jailed for life.

low income housing, not very safe. Built in over populated areas

Chinese exclusion act suspended Chinese immigration for ten years, Ellis Island screening immigrants. Angel Island also screening immigrants.