People
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?
These laws say that federal jobs go to people with the right skills.
What is civil service?
This union lost many of its members because of a bombing at Haymarket Square.
What is the Knights of Labor
These lead to reforms by exposing corruption to the public.
What are scandals?
This person exposed corruption by drawing political cartoons.
Who was Thomas Nast?
This is when workers refuse to work until their demands are met.
What is a strike?
This labor union favored strikes and was open to all workers.
What was knights of Labor?
Both the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor wanted this for workers.
What is better working conditions?
This President supported the gold standard, but appointed people based on their skills.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
This was when politicians gave government jobs to their friends.
What was the spoils system?
Only skilled white men were allowed to join this labor union.
what was the American Federation of Labor?
This scandal was about overpaying government contractors and bribing congressmen.
What was Credit Mobilier?
This vice president became president and passed civil service laws.
Who was Chester A. Arthur?
These are changes introduced to make things better.
What are reforms?
This political party grew from the belief that powerful businesses were destroying American democracy.
What was the Populist Party?
This was a law against forming monopolies but was used against unions.
What was the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This President did little campaigning and was supported by big businesses.
Who was William McKinley?
A business could end competition and raise prices by organizing one of these.
What is a trust company?
This labor union believed in peaceful protest rather than strikes and boycotts.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This economic system was supported by big business.
What is the gold standard?
This person supported using silver coins and campaigned all over the country.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
This term refers to a time period that symbolized the wealthy few controlling many powerless poor people.
What is the gilded age?
This was a corrupt organization, controlled by Boss Tweed.
What was Tammany Hall?
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?