Chapter 14
agreements to maintain prices at a certain level
What is Pools
extreme dislike for immigrants
What is Nativism
Mark Twain and Charles Warner believed the industrial area was “painted gold”, and that under the hood it was filled with things like poverty and corruption. What did Twain and Warner dub this area as?
What is The Gilded Age
A partial refund to someone whos paid too much in taxes rent or a utility
What is Rebate
people who risk their capital in organizing + running a business
What is Entrepreneurs
One of the two major anti-immigrant organizations
What is American Protective Association
Getting money through dishonest or questionable means.
What is Graft
A system that appointed people into political offices based on connections rather than merit. Also known as the spoils system.
What is patronage
reverses years of lowering tariffs (in place by republicans after the South seceded); it tripled at the end of Civil War
What is Morrill Tariff
Barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming a citizen
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
The belief that people can sometimes fail due to reasons beyond their control, and an absolutely free market isn’t possible.
What is naturalism
The law that allowed the president to decide which federal jobs will be filled according to the rules laid down by a bipartisan civil service commission.
What is The Pendleton Act
Owns all of the different business that it depends on for operation for a company; saves a lot of money
What is Vertical integration
organized by Denis Kearny to fight chinese immigration
What is Workingman’s Party of California
Informal political group designed to gain and keep power
What is Political Machine
a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
What is populism
The most successful transcontinental railroad and the only one that wasn’t forced into bankruptcy; Went from St. Paul Minnesota to Everett Washington; Earned money sailing goods to Asia
What is Great Northern Railroad
An insurrection against chinese government that killed 20 million lives and caused the suffering of thousands of other chinese.
What is Taiping Rebellion
The idea that business was a dog eat dog world, and that the stronger, smarter business would prevail
What is Social Darwinism
A federal agency charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states.
What is Interstate Commerce Commission