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| Grand Army of the Republic |
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| (GAR) put pressure on congress to provide aid to veterans injured during service, then any disabled veteran, then all veterans |
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| no tariffs-people believed it couldn't work because labor would suffer and international competitors would be more successful |
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| "Waving the Bloody Shirt" |
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| expressions used when Republican politicians would blame democrats for the civil war and all of its negative results. every bad/rebellious person was a democrat. It was a very useful tool in many elections, helping Republicans win in close races because the democrat would look bad |
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dolladollabill ya'll
(money not backed by silver or gold, esp. issued during the civil war)
threatened inflation...people wanted to return to a bullion standard-> actually led to deflation, dramatic dropping of prices |
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the number of federal employees increased greatly as the government grew; civil service was very corrupt
reformers asked for a modest kind of professional nonpartisan civil service, but both parties insulted the idea |
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| southern states, led by Mississippi, raised an economic barrier for voting, and then created literacy tests that asked citizens to read in order to vote, or if they couldn't read, to understand a portion of the state constitution after it had been read to them. Blacks would always fail |
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| court ruled that in places of public accommodation, such as railroads and schools, blacks could be segregated if an equal quality facility was offered. because blacks were inferior socially to whites |
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founded Tuskegee Institute-they must lift themselves up through hard work, but must accept white prejudices
"Atlanta Compromise"-help blacks become successful farmers, and the whites will have faithful, lawful comrades |
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promised by Booker T. Washington-blacks would get financial support for farming, accept their place in society and be loyal to whites
Washington got loads of financial support from all over the country. Blacks responded with mixed feelings-forced to give up specific rights for vague promises of future help |
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| federal land grants to build railroads that began in 1850...the builders got 5 sq. miles of public land on each side of their right of way for each mile of track laid |
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