Politics of the Gilded Age
Political Boss and leader of the Tammany Hall Courthouse Scheme
Who is Boss Tweed ?
The inventor(s) of the first airplane
Who are the Wright brothers?
The statutes enforcing segregation in the South were known as
What are Jim Crow laws?
America’s most famous amusement park in the late 19th century
What is Coney Island?
The illegal use of political influence for personal gain
What is graft?
Political Cartoonist who tried to expose the Tammany Hall scandal and inspire outrage in the citizens of NY
Who is Thomas Nast?
Created the layout for Central Park in NYC
Who is Frederick Law Olmsted?
enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
What is segregation?
famous journalist who pioneered the Sunday edition of the newspaper
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
the 3 levels of the political machine power pyramid
What is city bosses, ward bosses, and local precinct workers and captains?
Who is George Eastman?
What are Asian and Mexican immigrants?
Newspapers captured readers attention using this strategy.
What are sensational headlines?
Between 1865 and 1895, state law required this much schooling for kids ages 8-14
What is 12-16 weeks?
a situation in which a person is rewarded for supporting a particular politician, such as campaigning or voting for them
What is patronage?
Saw public schools as a great instrument “to lift all classes of people into civilized life.”
Who is William Torrey Harris?
Who are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois?
Amateur baseball player who organized their own club in NYC, basing the regulations on an English game called rounders
Who is Alexander J. Cartwright?
Name 3 leisure activities of people at the turn of the 20th century?
What is bicycling, shopping, tennis, going to a park, watching spectator sports, etc?
Act that brought an end to patronage and the spoils system
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
In response to urbanization, technological advances began to meet demands in these three areas
What is communication, transportation, and space?
set out the doctrine of “separate but equal,” establishing a legal basis for segregation that would last more than 50 years
What is the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
Between 1865 and 1900, the money spent advertising increased by about this much.
What is 85 million?
What is - industrialization improved the standard of living for many people, enabling them to spend money on entertainment