WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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of the “treason” of the Confederate Democrats during the Civil War.
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that the Civil War had been caused by the election of a Republican president.
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of the graft-filled “radical” regimes in the Reconstruction South.
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that Radical Republicans catered to freed slaves during Reconstruction.
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of the founding of the American Red Cross.
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Waving the bloody shirt” and “bloody shirt campaign” were pejorative phrases, used during American election campaigns in the 19th century, to deride opposing politicians who made emotional calls to avenge the blood of soldiers that died in the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The panic started with a problem in Europe, when the stock market crashed. Investors began to sell off the investments they had in American projects, particularly railroads. Back in those days, railroads were a new invention, and companies had been borrowing money to get the cash they needed to build new lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1877 gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the end of Reconstruction in the South.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Federalists were dominant until 1800, while the Republicans were dominant after 1800. Both parties originated in national politics, but soon expanded their efforts to gain supporters and voters in every state. The Federalists appealed to the business community and the Republicans to the planters and farmers.