Us history chapters 6 and 7 slides for textbook

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Chapter 6

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Gilded Age

The Politics

Laissez-Faire

Republicans and Democrats had equal supporters

Republicans favored

-Tight money supply backed by gold

-High tariffs to protect American Business

-Generous pensions for union soldiers

-Government aid to the railroads

-Strict limits on immigration

-Enforcement of Blue Laws

Democrats favored:

-Increased money supply backed by silver

-Lower tariffs on imported goods

-Higher farm prices

-Less government aid to big businesses

-Fewer Blue Laws

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Spoils System

Presidents

1880 Election

Republican party split 3 ways:

1) Stalwarts

2) Half-Breeds

3) Independents

-Garfield

-Arthur

1884 Election

-Cleveland

1888 Election

-Harrison

1892 Election

-Cleveland

-1893 Depression

1896 Election

-McKinley

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The Immigrants

Statue of Liberty

Required physical examination

In the West

Chinese Exclusion Act

The Cities

Transportation in Cities

Skyscrapers

Home Insurance Company Building

Degraded quickly

Ideas for Reform

American Protective Association

Prohibition

Social Gospel Movement

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Chapter 7