This period is recognized for the two distinctively different sections of America--rural and urban.
What is the Gilded Age (p. 626)
100
This type of entertainment became quite popular and offered various forms of shows.
What is vaudeville. (p. 634)
100
In 1882, Congress passed the first federal law allowing immigrant restriction based upon a particular race.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act. (p. 633)
100
As currency issues became a concern to farmers, this party was established to support paper money.
Who are the Greenbackers. (p. 650)
100
This president brought about "civil service reform."
Who is Hayes. (p. 644)
200
Simply because of this, people were now able to live farther away from their jobs.
What is new technological inventions such as streetcars and railway. (p. 627)
200
This social club which attracted the male population existed in higher numbers across the nation in comparison to grocery stores and meat markets.
What are saloons. (p. 634)
200
After the Civil War, this party held its strength in the North.
What is the Republican party. (p. 642)
200
In Colorado, farmers, miners and railroad workers united to form this party.
What is the Independent party. (p. 653)
200
This president signed the Dependent Pension Act.
Who is Harrison. (p. 649)
300
With rapid growth in the cities, many people resorted to living in this type of housing.
What are tenements. (p. 627)
300
A large impact was made by this man who wrote "On the Origin of Species."
Who is Charles Darwin. (p. 635)
300
During the Gilded Age, more public workers were employed by this form of government.
What are state and local governments. (p. 640)
300
When the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad both declared bankruptcy, it set off this national crisis.
What is the Panic of 1893. (p. 655)
300
This president practically predicted that the "money question" would determine the election.
Who is McKinley. (p. 656)
400
Due to poor sanitary efforts, it was not uncommon for this to spread.
What are epidemics. (p. 629)
400
Moving from the once accepted romanticist thought, writers and artists began portraying life in its actual sense.
What is realism. (p. 638)
400
This practice is also remembered as the "spoils system."
What is patronage. (p. 641)
400
The Munn vs. Illinois case was dismissed when the U.S. Supreme Court designated that Congress could get involved with regulating businesses in interstate commerce.
What is Wabash vs. Illinois. (p. 652)
400
This president convinced Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.
Who is Cleveland. (p. 655)
500
There was a regional difference in regards to the "new immigrants" arriving at the time.
What is Southern and Eastern Europe. (p. 630)
500
Spencer led the way in this theory applying evolution to so society.
What is Social Darwinism. (p. 636)
500
Today we have third parties such as the Green party or Libertarian party. Back then, these were some of the third parties.
What are the Greenbackers, Populists and Prohibitionists. (p. 642)
500
Farmers not only suffered due to the high supply which lowered overall prices, but also this factor which the government had instituted.
What are high tariffs. (p. 651)
500
This Algonquian term was given to the Republicans who jumped ship to support Cleveland during the 1884 election.