Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1867-1877 Era 6= interconnections leading to the Panic of 1873 è= interconnections and directions in trends

Date	Pres. Election/Event	Beyond America	Gov’t. Institutions	US Land Expansion	US Eco. Dev.	Issue/Org. Dev.	Political Party Dev.
1865-04	A. Johnson, President		In Reconstruction packet
1867		SCANDAL-Russian bribes	Tenure of Office Act	Alaska purchased[1]		Grangers formed[2]
1868-02			House - Vote to impeach
1868-03 +			Senate - Trial -1 vote [3]
1868-11	U.S. Grant v. Horatio Seymour						-white supremacy -bloody shirt éê
1869		Alabama claims – Britain (ended 1872)	Merit – allowed by Grant	“Peace Policy” – Dakota & Indian Territories
1869-02			15^th Amendment –Starts[4]	6
1869-05			Territory – Wyoming - suffrage	Promontory, Utah -Union Pacific & Central Pacific		Equal Rights Association – Split in movement
1869-09			SCANDAL –speculators claims about Grant è	6	ç Gold speculators – BUT Treasury Department blocks
1870-03			15^th Amendment - Done		6	Voluntary associations éê
1871-04			State – Illinois Granger laws
1871-11		European need for US farm goods begins decline 4	City SCANDAL –NY City – convict Boss Tweedè	6		FREE PRESS: Tom Nast New York Times exposed.
1872-09			SCANDAL – VP current and future (stock used to bribe Congressmen, with Garfield being a future president.) Big makes deception easier. è		ç Credit Mobilier – a construction company for the transcontinental railroad with fake high pay when they already had subsidies	FREE PRESS: New York Sun – exposed
1872-11	U.S. Grant v. Horace Greeley			e	6		Liberal Republican [5], Greeley as joint candidate
1873-02					“Crime of 73”- gold standard (perceived)	FREE PRESS (indirectly): The Gilded Age, Mark Twain
1873-03			SCANDAL – “Salary Grab Act” è		6
1873-09				4	Panic of 1873
1874					Freedman’s Savings & Loan	NY: Tompkins Square	States – 11 farmer parties
					6	WCTC – Frances Willard [6]	Democratic “Tidal Wave”
1875			Civil Rights Act - equal rights in public places without color distinction		Grant vetoes bill for more paper money 6
			Supreme Court: women[7]
1875-05			SCANDAL – Grant appointee è		çWhiskey Ring-Defraud gov’t of taxes on whiskey	FREE PRESS St. Louis Democrat - exposed
1875-fall					6	PA: Molly Maguires [8]
1876-03			SCANDAL – Grant’s Secretary of War è		çBribes for sale of Indian trading posts
1876-06				Little Big Horn – Custer
1876-11	Rutherford B. Hayes v. Sam Tilden (popular vote)				6(Hard times through 1896)
1877			Supreme Court: railroad[9]			North: General Railroad Strike[10]
1877-01			Electoral Commission
1877-03	Hayes becomes President.		Compromise of 1877

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[1] Russian bribes to get favorable votes. Sec. of State Seward pushes for purchase of Alaska for $7.2M (so-called “Seward’s Folly). He pushes for other US expansion into the Pacific area.

[2] Grangers are another name for Patrons of Husbandry

[3] 2 month trial – 1 Senator’s vote (out of the 2/3rds required) keeps him in office.

[4] Notice how amendments work in 2 stages: Congress (or convention) proposes an amendment. Then states must ratify. It’s a two stage process.

[5] Look up the word liberal. It is tied to believing in free trade, another term you want to know.

[6] Women’s Christian Temperance Union – What’s temperance? Note: Frances Willard is a woman.

[7] Women’s right to vote rejected in Minor v. Happersett by the Supreme Court.

[8] Notice the industry and the railroad connection. Notice who stops them: the Pinkertons. Who are they?

[9] Munn v. Illinois -Granger laws upheld with states able to control the railroads

[10] What is a general strike? Where are these strikes?