Political Machines/Gilded Age
This system rewarded political supporters with government jobs.
Spoils system
These investigative journalists exposed corruption and corporate abuse.
This 1896 candidate delivered the “Cross of Gold” speech attacking the gold standard.
William Jennings Bryant
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th
Jane Addams founded this Chicago settlement house.
Hull House
This New York City political machine provided jobs to immigrants in exchange for votes.
Tammany Hall
Jacob Riis used photography to expose terrible conditions in these urban housing units.
Tenements
Populists supported this policy to increase the money supply and help farmers.
Free Silver
This amendment prohibited alcohol.
18th
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union supported this reform.
Prohibition
This 1883 act attempted to reduce corruption by requiring civil service exams.
Pendleton Act
Ida Tarbell exposed the unfair practices of this oil monopoly.
Standard Oil
The Populist Party demanded this reform, later achieved in the 17th Amendment.
Direct election of senators
This amendment allowed voters to directly elect U.S. senators.
17th
She co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Susan B Anthony
This was a scandal involving illegal liquor taxes under Grant.
Whiskey Ring
Lincoln Steffens criticized corruption in city governments in this famous book.
Shame of the Cities
The Populists wanted the government to regulate or own this major industry hurting farmers.
Railroads
This amendment created a federal income tax.
16th
This African American reformer led the charge on anti-lynching campaigns in the South and was one of the early contributors to the formation of the NAACP.
Ida B Wells
Which immigrant demographic was most likely to support political machines on the East Coast due to the services they received in exchange?
The Irish
Upton Sinclair went undercover to expose the meatpacking industry in this American city
Chicago
This predecessor group of farmers helped inspire the creation of the Populist movement.
Farmer's Alliance/Grange Movement
Progressives rejected this theory that competition naturally improves society
Social Darwinism
Female progressive reformers were often from this social class
Middle