Vocab
To chage, usually for the better
Reform
The Populist Party candidate for the Presidency
Who is Bryan
A group that wanted to replace the spoils system
Who are the mugwumps
A system in which the basic unit of money is equal to a certain weight of gold
What is the gold Standard
This railroad company attained money illegally from the US government
Who is the Union Pacific
A work agreement between at least 2 people or groups
What is a contract
His Presidency was filled with corruption
Who is Grant
Uriah Stevens formed this group
Who are the Noble Order of the Knights of Labor
This is being covered with a thin coating of gold
What is gilded
Name of the system where jobs were given to friends rather than those qualified
What is the spoils system
A payment by someone to get another to do something for them or act in a certain way
What is a bribe
Political cartoonist who exposed fraud and corruption in his drawings
Who is Nast
Samuel Gompers led this group
American Federation of Labor
This is a professional politician who controls a party or political machine
What is a political boss
THe name of the corrupt political organization run by Boss Tweed
What is Tammany Hall
To look into something to solve a problem
What is to investigate
Boss Tweed's real name
What is William Marcy Tweed
People who are against all forms of government
Who are anarchists
Charge with a crime
what is prosecute
The nameof the scandal that the Union Pacific Railroad was involved in
What is Credit Mobilier
Stopping work to get better pay and working conditions
What is a strike
He led the American Ferderation of Labor
Who is Gompers
These are people who cross a picket line when Unions are on strike
Who are strikebreakers
Title give to the leader of America
What is President
The scandal that Grant's personal secretary was involved in
What is Whiskey Ring