Chapter 23 Test Flashcards
(9 cards)
The scandals of the grant administration included bribes and corrupt dealings reaching to the cabinet and Vice President of the us
True
The liberal republican movements political skill enabled it to clean up the corruption of the grant administration
F
The severe economic downturn of the 1870s caused business failures, labor conflict, and battles over currency
T
The close, fiercely contested elections of the guilded age reflected the deep divisions between republicans and democrats over national issues
F
The battles between the stalwart and halfbreed republican factions were mainly over who would get patronage and spoils
T
The disputed Hayes Tilden election was settled by a political deal in which democrats got the president and republicans got economic and political concessions
F
The compromise of 1877 purchased political peace between north and south by sacrificing southern blacks and removing federal troops in the south
T
The sharecropping and tenant farming systems forced many southern blacks into permanent economic debt and dependency
T
Ulysses s grants status as a military hero enabled him to become a successful president who stood above partisan politics
False
