The Guided Age
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| 392784642 | Andrew Johnson | President from 1865-1869. Took over office after assassination of Lincoln. Republican. | |
| 392784643 | Ulysses S. Grant | President from 1869-1877. War hero form Civil War. Republican Party. | |
| 392784644 | Civil War | War between the Union (North) and the (Confederate) South. 1861-1865. | |
| 392784645 | "Boss" Tweed | The ring leader of a Political machine in the state of New York. | |
| 392784646 | Resumption Act | The Governments promise to pull greenbacks out of circulation, with redemption of all currency at gold's face value. | |
| 392951946 | Jim Crow Laws | Laws used to back segregation in the South. | |
| 392951947 | Rutherford B. Hayes. | President from 1877-1881, Republican Party | |
| 392951948 | Samuel J Tilden. | Presidential candidate for the Democratic party in the 1876 election. | |
| 392951949 | Compromise of 1877. | Allowed for Rutherford Hayes to enter office on the condition that federal troops will be removed from the South. | |
| 392951950 | Reconstruction. | The rebuilding and admittance of the Confederate states to the Union. | |
| 394820348 | James A. Garfeild | Republican President. Shot and killed by a crazed office seeker. | |
| 394820349 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic President form New York, only President to serve two non consecutive terms. | |
| 394820350 | Populists | A movement of farmers and Republicans who were pro silver and agianst Laissez-faire | |
| 394820351 | Laissez-Faire | French for "Hands off". often used to describe government policy towards business. | |
| 394820352 | Social Darwinism | The belife that the strong country or business will dominate the little ones. | |
| 394820353 | Gold vs Silver Standard. | Silver inflates the dollar. Gold does not. Silver was favored by farmers and populists. Gold by business. | |
| 394820354 | Chester A. Aruther. | Republican President who took over after President Garfield. | |
| 394820355 | Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 | Federal Governments first effort to regulate Interstate Commerce. | |
| 394862519 | Billion dollar congress. | Congress created the first budget that went over one billion dollars in the late 1800's | |
| 394862520 | McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 | Raised tariff to an all time high of 48.4% | |
| 394862521 | Green Back Party | Created in support of paper money backed by silver. | |
| 394862522 | Sherman Anti Trust act | Used to limit trusts but in all actuality it limited the Unions. | |
| 394862523 | Panic of 1893 | Stock market crash caused by over speculation and railroads overbuilding. | |
| 394862524 | Wilson-Gorman Tariff. | Reduced the tariff of 1890 and added a 2% income tax to incomes of over $2,000 | |
| 394862525 | Sherman Silver Purchase Act. | increased the coinage of silver, but left farmers and miners unsatisfied. |
