Stalwarts Apush
Question: Civil War Pensions
Answer: administered anualy by the government for civil war veterans ; reformers push for old-age pensions
Question: Half-Breeds
Answer: FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by James G Blaine; favored reform; against patronage
Question: Stalwarts
Answer: FRACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY; led by Roscoe Conkling; favored machine politics; support patronage
Question: Roscoe Conkling
Answer: leader of the Stalwarts
Question: patronage
Answer: if you support a government party, you are rewarded with a government position
Question: James A. Garfield
Answer: nominated and elected as president in the election of 1880- REPUBLICAN; he is a HALF BREED; assassinated because he supported the civil service reform in order to defy the stalwarts! (the stalwarts got angry!)
Question: Chester A. Arthur
Answer: nominated and elected as vice president in the election of 1880- REPUBLICAN; he is a STALWART; after the assassination of Garfield, Arthur passed the pendleton act (1st civil service measure)
Question: “balancing the ticket”
Answer: the republicans nominated both a half-breed and a stalwart in the election of 1880 in order to “balance the ticket” - or get the votes from the supporters of both parties!
Question: Pendleton Act
Answer: 1883- first civil service measure; required federal jobs to be appointed based of a written exam rather than patronage
Question: James G. Blaine
Answer: leader of the Half-Breeds; republican presidential nominee in the election of 1884; LOSES!