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Test Vocabulary
100
Hurtful or helpful to American Businesses in the post Civil War era: Lower protective tariffs
Harmful as imports from other countries could hold prices down
100
After the development of the post Civil War railroad system, this mode of transportation developed in the 1700's lost favor with the public
Steamboat
100
Corrupt "boss" of Tammany Hall who was supported by a legion of loyal followers because he provided them with services in return for their votes.
Boss Tweed
100
On May 4, 1886, a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. Despite a lack of evidence against them, eight radical labor activists were convicted in connection with the bombing. Name the riot
Haymarket Square Riot
100
Corruption
Dishonest activity often for personal or political gain
200
Short-lived single issue political party active New York during in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections. Its main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery. They opposed slavery in the new territories (agreeing with the Wilmot Proviso) and sometimes worked to remove existing laws that discriminated against freed African Americans in states such as Ohio.
Free Soil Party [Freesoilers]
200
Very Corrupt political machine founded in 1700's that played a major role in controlling New York City. It helped immigrants by organizing and delivering needed services. In return they voted the way they were told to.
Tammany Hall
200
Muckraker who wrote a book called "How the Other Half Lives"
Jacob Riis
200
Outcome of Haymarket Square Riot
People feared unions
200
Political Machine
Organization in which boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses who receive rewards for their efforts [think corruption]
300
Was it difficult for a former slave to find land to sharecrop?
No, the plantation owners needed their fields planted and they were short of money
300
Era [1890's - 1920's] during which measures to protect Americans were taken including the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Drug and Food Act, United States Forest Service and the Department of Labor
Progressive Era
300
Immigrants from this country worked on building railroads
China
300
Nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland
Pullman Strike
300
Term used to refer to a writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports to perform an auditing or watchdog function
Muckraker
400
Alliances between white supremacist groups, limited education and the constant threat of violence impacted what group in the South after the Civil War?
African Americans
400
A public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party
Platform
400
When Jane Adams said that "A Settlement House above all is a place for enthusiasms, a spot for those who have a passion for the equalization of human joys and opportunities…" she was saying the those who supported settlement houses believed in the rights of _____
All people
400
Result of the Pullman Strike
People distrusted unions
400
Noun meaning an absorbing or controlling interest
Enthusiasm
500
Process by which a company buys the companies of all of it's suppliers
Vertical consolidation
500
Idea that justified the growing gap between the rich and the poor
Social Darwinism [economic survival of the fittest, the poor are poor because they are less fit than the rich]
500
Person instrumental in the invention of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell [BTW your cell phone is not a phone at all, it's a radio http://tinyurl.com/8985gcm but I diverge]
500
The Supreme Council of the National Farmer's Alliance was formed in Ocala and creating a list of demands regarding railroads. What was the list centered around?
Concern that railroad monopolies were overcharging farmers to ship their crops
500
The market condition that exists when there is only one seller
Monopoly
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