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Awarding jobs on merit and having govt. employees taking an exam is a part of what
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The practice of elected officials handing out govt. jobs and was the reason for civil service reform
Spoil System/Patronage
Sharing culture, providing health care and education was the purpose of what building in Chicago
Hull House (part of the settlement movement)
What act was meant to assimilate Native Americans by dividing the reservations into individual plots
Dawes Act
What is name of Hannah Montana's brother
Jackson
Who did Political machines rely on for votes
Immigrants
This book exposed the living conditions of the poor
How the other Half Lives
Overcrowding, Crop failures , and Religious persecution was push factors for
Immigrants coming to America
This helped open the west and made transportation easier
Transcontinental RR
What show would you find Captain Feathersword on?
The Wiggles
Using a political office for personal gain
Graft
Why did people live in tenament buildings in the big cities
Cheap, near jobs
What is the common reason for why majority of immigrants came to America
jobs/economic Opportunity
This gave settlers 160 acres on the Great Plains
Homestead Act
Besides John Lennon and Paul McCartany name one of the 2 other Beattles
Ringo and George Harrison
What was used to bring down corrupt politicians like Boss Tweed
Political Cartoons
What is the link between reformers pushing for schools and government
You needed educated voters for a democracy to work
He authored the book How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
This outlawed monopolies and other forms of eliminating business competition
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What was name of the character that wears a leather jacket on Happy Days
The Fonz
Boss Tweed controlled what New York political machine
Tammany Hall
This group applied christian ethics to solve the problems of the city
Social Gospel Movement
What theory stated that American culture came for the cultures of all the immigrants that came to America
Melting Pot
Economic theory of government staying out of business
Laissez-faire
On the TV show Kicking It who has the trademark line of Holy Christmas Nuts
Milton