Politics and the Gilded Age

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Depression, Deflation, andInflation• Greenbacks– $450 million in greenbacks issued during CivilWar– Had depreciated because it wasn’t backed by goldand because Supreme Court declared the lawunder which it was issued (Civil War LegalTender Act) unconstitutional in 1870 (although theSupreme Court reversed itself in 1871)– Treasury withdrew $100 million from circulationby 1868; in process of taking out more
Depression, Deflation, andInflation• Debtors hit hardest by Depressioncalled for greenbacks to be issued toinflate (increase) money supply– More money meant cheaper money (andrising prices), making debts easier to payoff
Page 1 and 2: Political Paralysis in the GildedAg
Page 3 and 4: Postwar United States• The Gilded
Page 5 and 6: The “Bloody Shirt” Elects Grant
Page 7 and 8: The Election of 1868
Page 9 and 10: The Era of Good Stealings• Millio
Page 11 and 12: The Era of Good Stealings• Boss T
Page 13 and 14: A Carnival of Corruption• Corrupt
Page 15 and 16: A Carnival of Corruption• Whiskey
Page 17 and 18: A Carnival of Corruption• Indian
Page 19 and 20: The Liberal Republican Revolt of187
Page 21 and 22: “Let Us Clasp Hands Over theBlood
Page 27: Depression, Deflation, andInflation
Page 31 and 32: Depression, Deflation, andInflation
Page 33 and 34: Depression, Deflation, andInflation
Page 35 and 36: Pallid Politics in the Gilded Age
Page 43 and 44: The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876•
Page 45 and 46: The Hayes-Tilden Standoff, 1876•
Page 47 and 48: The Compromise of 1877 and theEnd o
Page 51 and 52: The Birth of Jim Crow in the Post-R
Page 53 and 54: A Southern Plantation Beforeand Aft
Page 55 and 56: The Birth of Jim Crow in the Post-R
Page 57 and 58: Class Conflicts and EthnicClashes
Page 63 and 64: Garfield and Arthur• Election of
Page 65 and 66: Garfield and Arthur• Election of
Page 67 and 68: Garfield and Arthur• Republicans
Page 69 and 70: Garfield’s Assassination, July 2,
Page 71 and 72: Growth of Classified CivilService (
Page 73 and 74: The Blaine-ClevelandMudslingers of
Page 75 and 76: The Blaine-ClevelandMudslingers of
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“Old Grover” Takes Over• Clev
Page 81 and 82:
Cleveland Battles for a LowerTariff
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The Election of 1888
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The Billion-Dollar Congress• Reed
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The Billion-Dollar Congress• McKi
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The Drumbeat of Discontent• 1892
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The Drumbeat of Discontent• July
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The Drumbeat of Discontent• Why d
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The Election of 1892
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Cleveland and Depression• Clevela
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Cleveland and Depression• Effects
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Cleveland and Depression• The dra
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Cleveland and Depression• In spit
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Cleveland Breeds a Backlash• Comm
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Cleveland Breeds a Backlash• The
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Cleveland Breeds a Backlash• Clev
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