Flashcards in Chapter 23 Test Deck (9)
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1
The scandals of the grant administration included bribes and corrupt dealings reaching to the cabinet and Vice President of the us
True
2
The liberal republican movements political skill enabled it to clean up the corruption of the grant administration
F
3
The severe economic downturn of the 1870s caused business failures, labor conflict, and battles over currency
T
4
The close, fiercely contested elections of the guilded age reflected the deep divisions between republicans and democrats over national issues
F
5
The battles between the stalwart and halfbreed republican factions were mainly over who would get patronage and spoils
T
6
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
7
The compromise of 1877 purchased political peace between north and south by sacrificing southern blacks and removing federal troops in the south
T
8
The sharecropping and tenant farming systems forced many southern blacks into permanent economic debt and dependency
T
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