Thomas Nast's Political cartoons help to bring down this gilded age corrupt politician.
Who is Boss Tweed
100
Business practice used by Rockefeller and others to integrate with competitors in a given market (such as oil or steel) to set prices and eliminate competition often through the use of trusts.
What is horizontal integration
100
When reconstruction ended in 1877, the gains made by African Americans in the South were eroded by laws that included policies of segregation and voter suppression laws that collectively became known as
What is the Jim Crow Laws
100
Sensationalist headlines meant to sell newspapers, however had the consequence of pushing public opinion towards support of Spanish American War. Known as...
What is yellow journalism.
100
Journalist and novelists that wrote about the problems of industrialization in the hopes of getting public opinion to move towards fixing these problems were called
What are Muckrakers
200
Name One of the two political scandals that rocked the administration of President Grant
What are the Credit Mobiliier Scandal or the Whiskey Ring scandal
200
Most defenders of the wide open capitalism relied heavily on the survival of the fittest theories that would justify the widening gap between rich and poor. This theory came to be called...
What is social darwinism
200
A major difference between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B De Bois was over their view of immediate social equality between blacks and whites. W.E.B. Du Bois thought that this could be better attained by fighting for political rights whereas Booker T Washington thought it would come through gaining __________________ equality.
What is economic
200
The Spanish American War was fought to help gain the independece for what Latin American country?
What is Cuba.
200
Photojournalist who helped to get laws passed to clean up the tenements and improve sanitation in urban areas
What is Jacob Riis
300
This system made famous under Andrew Jackson continued to be used in the gilded age to distribute political jobs to campaign supporters.
What is the Spoils System.
300
Wages were kept low and industrialist were able to exploit laborers easily because the labor supply was constantly expanding throughout this period because of the addition of new workers due to....
What is immigration
300
What supreme court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Plessy v Ferguson
300
What two states were directly acquired during the period of imperialism in the late 1800's?
What is Hawaii and Alaska
300
Jane Addams is most closely associated with the formation of...
What is settlement houses.
400
This act made compulsory campaign contributions from federal employees illegal and established Civil Service exams for some government jobs.
What is the Pendleton Act of 1883
400
The Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment was a victory of the populist party because it expanded democracy by...
What is the direct election of senators
400
This African American women led a campaign against lynching in the south in the 1890's
Who is Ida B. Wells
400
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine justified American Intervention in South America to protect "American" intersets
What is the Roosevelt Corollary.
400
Wrote a book called the Jungle about the Meatpacking Industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair
500
This political party had a platform that included free and unlimited coinage of silver, a grduated income tax,term limits on the presidency and direct election of senators.
What is the Populist Party
500
By the end of the 1800's the government started to intervene to control corporate greed. One of the first of these trust-busting laws was enacted in 1890 and was called
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
500
This court case would eventual overturn Plessy v Ferguson
What is Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
500
The Panama Canal was built because America supported the creation of a new independent nation of panama taken from the territory of what country?
What is Columbia.
500
There were four amendments passed during the progressive era tell what each was for: 16th: 17th: 18th: and 19th:
What is 16th- Progressive Income tax 17th: direct Election of senators 18th: Prohibition & 19th: Woman Suffrage.