Discrimination
The Gilded Age
Civil Service Reform
Populism
Social Reform
100
extreme dislike of immigrants by native-born people
Who are nativists?
100
Period in which glamour hid corruption; looks good on the outside but bad on the inside
What is the Gilded Age?
100
Practice of rewarding one's political supporters with jobs in government
What is Patronage?
100
movement where Populism originated
What is the Grange?
100
Leader of the Settlement House Movement
Who is Jane Addams?
200
Term used to describe restriction on immigration passed by Congress
What is the quota system?
200
giving money to support humanitarian or social goals
What is philanthropy?
200
a phrase used to describe patronage
What is "spoils system"?
200
reform effort supported by the Populists that would make those that made more pay more
What is a graduated income tax?
200
many people thought helping the poor should be left to this group
What are churches?
300
terms for laws in the South that discriminated against the races
What is Jim Crow?
300
Comes from "to the victor goes the spoils". A system of rewarding the supporters of political victors.
What is the spoils system?
300
first president to use patronage
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Populist and Democratic candidate for president in 1896
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
300
Community centers in slum neighborhoods that provide assistance and friendship to local men, women and children
What is a settlement house?
400
law that discriminated against the Chinese
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
400
System of giving government jobs to those who are qualified for the position
What is Merit System or civil service system?
400
Jobs in government administration
What is civil service?
400
law that said the government could control the rates of railroads and made rebates illegal
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
400
Organization that was founded to help poor people in urban areas; still services poor people in communities today
What is the Salvation Army?
500
This restricted Japanese emigration
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement?
500
Belief that the rich got and stay rich because they work harder than others
What is Social Darwinism?
500
Authorized an independent civil service commission to make government appointments based on the merit system
What is the Pendleton Act?
500
idea to back American money not just by gold, but also silver
What is bimetallism?
500
book written by Carnegie that encourages those with money to help those that don't
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
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