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Gilded Age Age of history that occurred right after the end of the Civil War, brought lots of growth to America including lots of immigration from Europe Whiskey Ring During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars., During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars. Tweed Ring A group of friends of William Tweed, who held offices in politics because of their friendship. Known as the Tweed ring because of the group of friends. Credit Mobilier Scandal 1873 law that required the federal government to purchase and coin more silver, increasing the money supply and causing inflation. "forgettable presidents" The presidencies during the Gilded Age were sometimes known as forgettable because of their lack of work done while in office Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another Stalwarts a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) Half-breeds republican reformers who supported the spoils system Mugwumps Republican political activists who bolted from the US republican party by voting for the democratic party candidate Thomas Nast Newspaper cartoonist who produced satirical cartoons, he invented "Uncle Sam" and came up with the elephant and the donkey for the political parties. He nearly brought down Boss Tweed. Pendleton Act 1883, enacted civil service reform, said the Civil Service Exam must be taken in order to recieve most government jobs (highest scores got the jobs), banned federal employees from giving campaign money to their party Laissez Faire economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from tariffs,government subsidies, and enforced monopolies, with only enough government regulations sufficient to protect property rights against theft and aggression. Transconinental Railroad The idea of a railroad system that ran across the United States to help with the transportation of goods Pacific Railway Act A series of scts passed from congress that promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the US through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies Union Pacific Railraod Largest Railroad network in the US. Was the first company to begin laying down the rail of the Transcontinental Railroad system "paddies" Nickname for the Irish immigrants to the US during the gilded age Central Pacific Railroad name of the railroad built between California and Utah. Worked to build the Transcontinental Railroad "coolies" was an asian slave or manual worker. Asians that immigrated to the US and worked to lay down rail Promontory Point Point in Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. The crews celebrated with placing real golden spikes into the last track laid. Cornelius Vanderbuilt American buisness man leader who controlled the new york central railroad and up to 4.500 miles of track "Robber Barons" Refers to the industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying their employees extremely low wages. They also drove their competitors out of business by selling their products cheaper than it cost to produce it. Then when they controlled the market, they hiked prices high above original price. "pools" agreements between companies to maintain prices at a certain level Munn v. Illinois 1876; The Supreme Court upheld the Granger laws. The Munn case allowed states to regulate certain businesses within their borders, including railroads, and is commonly regarded as a milestone in the growth of federal government regulation.