People
Terms
Organizations
Miscellaneous
100

This person gained political power by providing food and jobs to immigrants in exchange for them voting how he told them to. 

Who was Boss tweed?

100

These laws say that federal jobs go to people with the right skills.

What is civil service?

100

This union lost many of its members because of a bombing at Haymarket Square.

What is the Knights of Labor

100

These lead to reforms by exposing corruption to the public.

What are scandals?

200

This person exposed corruption by drawing political cartoons.

Who was Thomas Nast?

200

This is when workers refuse to work until their demands are met.

What is a strike?

200

This labor union favored strikes and was open to all workers.

What was knights of Labor?

200

Both the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor wanted this for workers.

What is better working conditions?

300

This President supported the gold standard, but appointed people based on their skills.

Who was Grover Cleveland?

300

This was when politicians gave government jobs to their friends.

What was the spoils system?

300

Only skilled white men were allowed to join this labor union.

what was the American Federation of Labor?

300

This scandal was about overpaying government contractors and bribing congressmen.

What was Credit Mobilier?

400

This vice president became president and passed civil service laws.

Who was Chester A. Arthur?

400

These are changes introduced to make things better. 

What are reforms?

400

This political party grew from the belief that powerful businesses were destroying American democracy.

What was the Populist Party?

400

This was a law against forming monopolies but was used against unions.

 What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?

500

This President did little campaigning and was supported by big businesses.

Who was William McKinley?

500

A business could end competition and raise prices by organizing one of these.

What is a trust company?

500

This labor union believed in peaceful protest rather than strikes and boycotts.

What is the American Federation of Labor?

500

This economic system was supported by big business.

What is the gold standard?

600

This person supported using silver coins and campaigned all over the country.

Who was William Jennings Bryan?

600

This term refers to a time period that symbolized the wealthy few controlling many powerless poor people.

What is the gilded age?

600

This was a corrupt organization, controlled by Boss Tweed.

What was Tammany Hall?

600

These were three goals of the Populist party.

What were:

-graduated income tax;

-public ownership of railroads, telegraph, and telephone companies rather than monopolies;

-direct election of senators by the people rather than by state legislators?

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