HIST-1410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Henry Demarest Lloyd, Grover Cleveland, Progressive Era
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For test: essays always cite at least a few examples for each point; identification two sentences; if you include a term, you"re inclined to define it (be specific) Race is not included on the midterm (primary sources up until last wednesday) 9/19: gop stalwarts: opposed civil service reform, half-breeds (gop): favored civil service reform, mugwumps: gop reformers from ma and ny who backed democratic reformer grover. Cleveland (who was for civil service reform: pendleton act (1883) enacted during administration of chester a. arthur (vice president of. Garfield, who was assassinated by a disappointed office seeker (thwarted from getting a patronage job); did not get rid of all patronage jobs (ex. Factionalism: represented by gop stalwarts, half-breeds, and mugwumps in republican party, hard money vs. soft money people (especially in democratic party) Henry demarest lloyd and the excesses of capitalism. American rights first with the rise of the redeemers democrats able to return to power after.