HIS 119S Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nepotism, Samuel Gompers, Thomas Edison
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Johnson was the first president to be impeached. 1823 monroe doctrine gets the french out of mexico. Grant was an honest man but everything around him was corrupt. Hayes was the last president to deal with reconstruction. Patronage giving government jobs to underqualified people, sometimes friends of the president, because they voted correctly but each given a job must give 10% of their salary back to the political party. Comstock lode biggest silver strike, virginia city, nevada. Hayes was the second president to only run one term. May 10th 1869, the transcontinental railroad is complete. 1874 battle of palo duro canyon, amarillo, texas. Battle of little bighorn general custer, crazy horse, and sitting bull. Booker t. washington opened up the tuskegee school for blacks. 1901 spindletop major oil boom in beaumont, texas. Dubois first african american to get a ph. d. and helped establish the naacp. Tho(cid:373)as ediso(cid:374)"s greatest invention was the invention center, now called research and design.
