What was the nickname for the period between 1880 and 1910 that referenced the way corruption was frequently covered up by wealth?
What is the Gilded Age
100
The official term for "hands-off" government
What is laissez-faire
100
Name of the political boss who was infamous for stealing millions of dollars from New York City but who also helped immigrants
Who is Boss Tweed
100
Organizations that support workers' rights
What is a union
100
The official name for the union tactic where union members negotiate as a group
What is collective bargaining
200
What kinds of workers used to work in factories that are no longer allowed to in the United States?
What is Child Labor
200
A corrupt system where people could secure government jobs through their personal connections instead of having to prove their merit
What is a spoils system
200
Groups that were designed to keep a particular political party or group of people in power by offering voters services in exchange for political support
What is political machines
200
The number of hours of work per day that unions wanted to limit worker hours to
What is eight hours
200
A court order that requires a party to do or stop doing something
What is an injunction
300
The term that describes the way that old immigrants from Europe believed themselves superior to new immigrants because they were "there first"
What is Nativism
300
The law that required people who wanted a government job to pass a civil service exam
What is the Pendleton Act
300
The man who exposed Boss Tweed by drawing pictures
Who is Thomas Nast
300
The union whose goal was to organize all men and women into a single union
What is the Knights of Labor
300
The event where radicals exploded a bomb in the middle of a protest, turning public opinion against unions
What is the Haymarket Riot
400
The theory used to justify racism and classism by saying that some people are born with better qualities, making them a better fit for the upper classes
What is Social Darwinism
400
In a laissez-faire system, who did the government support? (The answer cannot be "no one")
What is businesses
400
The name of the position at the top of the Political Machine pyramid
What is the city boss
400
The leader of the American Railway Union
Who is Eugene Debs
400
The event where the federal government sent in detectives who shot down several union protesters
What is the Homestead Strike
500
The law that banned certain Asian immigrants because of racism and the fear that they would take jobs
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
500
The assassination of this president ended the Spoils System and allowed the Pendleton Act to come into being
Who is James Garfield
500
The name of the place (not the city, but the actual place) where Boss Tweed made his name