Gilded Age
Who was the corrupt politician that controlled NYC politics?
Boss Tweed
What is a muckraker?
Journalists who wanted to expose wrongdoing.
What was the country the US was against in the Cold War?
Soviet Union
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.
What is socialism?
Socialism is an economic system in which major industries are owned by the workers, rather than by private businesses or the state.
Who was the political cartoonist who took down Boss Tweed?
Thomas Nast
Who was the muckraker that made The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
Who was the General in the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
What was the outcome of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional, upholding racial segregation laws.
What did Eugene Debs do?
Debs helped motivate the American left to organize political opposition to corporations and World War I.
Which president was assassinated because of the spoils system?
Garfield.
Who was the muckraker who exposed the standard oil company?
Ida Tarbell
Who was the US president during the Korean War?
Eisenhower.
Who lead the Exodusters?
Pap Singleton
What happened at the Coal Creek Labor Strike?
Miners protested to end the use of prison labor.
What act was passed to fix the spoils system after a president was assassinated?
Pendleton Civil Service Act.
What is recall?
Recall is a power reserved to the voters that allows the voters, by petition, to demand the removal of an elected official.
What is brinkmanship?
rinkmanship is an approach in which a country pushes a situation extremely close to a dangerous point.
What was the 14th amendment?
No state can pass a law that abridges the immunities or privileges of a citizen.
What did Samuel Gompers do?
Made the Federation of Labor.
What was the interstate commerce act?
An act that addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business.
What is referendum?
A referendum is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative.
What is the 38th parallel?
The line North and South Korea are divided at.
What was the 15th amendment?
Granted African American Men the right to vote.
What was the Haymarket Affair?
100,000 workers met and rallied in Haymarket square to protest police brutality in Chicago.