Waving The Bloody Shirt Apush

Waving the bloody shirt the slogan bloody shirt was a strong campaign slogan used by the republicans in the presidential elections of 1868. Bloody shirt in u s.

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Waving the bloody shirt apush. Helped elect ulysses s. 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. The union victory and the contested reconstruction of the south.

Terms in this set 49 waving the bloody shirt reviving memories of the civil war. Waving the bloody shirt tweed ring credit mobilier scandal panic of 1873 gilded age patronage compromise of 1877. The corrupt part of tammany hall in new.

History the post civil war political strategy of appealing to voters by recalling the passions and hardships of the recent war this technique of waving the bloody shirt was most often employed by radical republicans in their efforts to focus public attention on reconstruction issues still facing the country. More than a 2 3rds majority for the republicans waving the bloody shirt. Grant won convincingly in the electoral college but the popular vote margin was only about 300 000.

Gilded age a term invented in the 1920s describing the late nineteenth century as. Log in sign up. Used in the presidential elections of 1868 1872 and.

Grant as president in 1869. The republican campaign consisted mainly of waving the bloody shirt a tactic of reminding the voters of the democrats lack of support of the war effort. Waving the bloody shirt a term of ridicule used in the 1880s and 1890s to refer to politicians especially republicans who according to critics whipped up old animosities from the civil war era that ought to be set aside.

Bloody shirt definition is something intended to stir up or revive partisan animosity usually used in the phrase wave the bloody shirt. Election of 1866. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.

Start studying apush chp 23. Seymour was also attacked for his backing of the inflationary greenback scheme. American pageant 14th edition.

Terms in this set 15 waving the bloody shirt reviving gory memories of the civil war. It was used to blame the democrats for the civil war which cost the lives of many americans.

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