APUSH VOCAB SSA
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
James Blaine (sorry late)
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+ Champion of the half breeds +Congressman from Maine +Secretary of State during Garfield's term of presidency + good with people +t...
"stalwarts" sorry im late:/ i sleeping i was sick:(
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+a political group led by Roscoe Conkling of New York +they seeked power in government +supported the spoils system
Horace Greeley
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+nominated for presidency 1872 +editor of the New York Tribune + office hungry democrats supported Greeley +Greeley pleased the democrats...
Grover Cleveland
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*Democratic candidate in 1884 running against James G. Blaine *with about 1,000 votes from Irishmen in New York he won presidency *first dem...
Roscoe Conkling
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The U.S. senator from New York who led the "Stalwart" faction and embraced the time-honored system of swapping civil-service jobs ...
"Half-Breeds":
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They were led by James G. Blaine of Maine andwere the ones who opposed the Conklingites, followers of Roscoe Conkling , who was a U.S. senat...
Thomas Nast:
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He was the gifted cartoonist who exposed Burly "Boss" Tweed to the public through his cartoons by depicting his crime of taking $2...
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