What was the most controversial election in the US?

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What was the most controversial election in the US? What events led to the abolishment of slavery? When did the corporate era that we live in today begin?

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Corruption in the grant administration     Credit mobile scandal         o Vp of US and dozen republicans in congress         o Democrat party is stronger in the south  St Louis whiskey ring     Election of 1876         o most controversial election        o 22 ndamendment               1951 – ratified               2 terms only for president         o grant saved country from civil war              wanted 3 term               republicans did not re-nominate grant   compromise of 1877         o a bipartisan commission gave all 20 disputed           electoral votes to Hayes               promised secretly to remove all federal troops               from the south         o Result: the end of reconstruction  The legacy of reconstruc

What was the most controversial election in the US?

What was the most controversial election in the US?
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School: Georgia Institute of Technology

Department: History

Course: United States Since 1877

Professor: Hild

Term: Winter 2016

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What was the most controversial election in the US?

What was the most controversial election in the US? Description

School: Georgia Institute of Technology

Department: History

Course: United States Since 1877

Professor: Hild

Term: Winter 2016

Tags: hild

Cost: 25

Name: WEEK 2 NOTES

Description: hist 2112 hild

Uploaded: 01/23/2016

What was the most controversial election in the US?
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