1833 law that created a Civil Service Commission and states that federal employees could not be required to contribute to campaign funds and could not be fired for political reasons.
What is Pendelton Civil Service Act.
100
Social reform movement that developed within religious institutions and that sought to apply the gospel of Jesus directly to society.
What is Social-Gospel Movement.
100
William Marcy Tweed was one of these.
What is a political boss.
100
Term used to describe the period form 1877-1900.
What is the Gilded Age
200
A government policy of not interfering in private business.
What is laissez-faire
200
1887 law that regulated railroads and other interstate businesses
What is Interstate Commerce Act
200
Political club in New York run by William Marcy Tweed
What is Tammany Hall
200
Large open area beneath the ship's deck in which many poorer immigrants traveled
What is steerage.
200
Area in which one ethnic or racial group dominates.
What are ghettos.
300
Unofficial organization designed to keep a particular party of group in power and usually headed by a single, powerful boss
What are political machines.
300
Settlement house started by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.
What is Hull House.
300
Boss of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City; convicted of forgery and larceny in 1873 and died in jail
Who is William Marcy Tweed.
300
Co-founder of Hull House, the first settlement house, in 1889; remained active in social causes through the early 1900s
Who is Jane Addams
300
Populist who led Coxey's Army in a march on Washington D.C. in 1894 to seek government jobs for the unemployed.