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Presidential Election
Grant defeated Seymour for the presidency. -
Gold Market
Fisk and Gould cornered the gold market; this was one of several scandles that rocked grants presidency. -
Tweed Scandal
Tweed stole around 30 to 200 million dollars from the people of New York City, he went to jail in 1871 with 120 counts of fraud and extortion. -
Credit Mobilier
Credit Mobilier was a sham construction company chartered to build the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1873 the house censured James Brooks and Oakes Ames for using their political influences for personal financial gain. -
Panic of 1873
The banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company, who were invested in railroad construction, closed its doors and a major economic panic swept the nation. -
Civil rights act of 1875
This act was made to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights. -
Whiskey Ring Scandal
A group of distillers and public official who defrauded the federal government of liquor taxes. -
Hayes-Tilden Standoff
An informal agreement was made to resolve the Compromise of 1877. -
Compromise of 1877
An electoral commission consisting of fifteen men selected from the Senate, the House of Representives, and the Supreme Court. -
James A. Garfield
Garfield defeats Windfield Scott Hancock for presidency; this marked the largest winning streak for the republican party. -
Garfield Assassinated
Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at 9:30 am; Aurthur took his place as president four months into his term as the 20th president. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was the first major legislation restricting immigration in the United States. -
Pendleton Act
This act set up , regulated, and improved the Civil Service of the United States. -
Civil Rights Cases
A group of five similar cases formed into one for the Supreme Court to review. -
Grover Cleveland
cleveland defeats James G. Blaine for president; this broke the longest loosing streak for any major party in american history. -
"Old Grover"
Cleveland was the first democrat to take office since Buchanan which was twenty eight years earlier. He -
Tariffs
After much hesitation Cleveland gave an appeal for lower tariffs into congresses lap in late 1887. -
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison defeats Grover Cleveland for presidency. Cleveland lost in the electoral colledge even though her won the popular vote. -
Thomas B. "Czar" Reed
Reed becames Speaker of the House of Representives durring which he increased the power of the speaker over the house. -
McKinley Tariff Act
This tariff raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent , it was designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
