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Gilded&Progressive
Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gilded Age | a period where the gap between the rich and the poor started to become a chasm |
| Spoils System | the winner(of an election)would give jobs to his supporters |
| Political Machines | powerful organizations that used both illegal and legal methods to get their candidates elected to public office |
| Capitalism | economic system in which private businesses run most industries and competition determines the price of the goods |
| Progressive Movement | wanted to eliminate the causes of crime, disease, and poverty fought for reform in education as well as poor neighborhoods |
| Socialism | system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production |
| Temperance | restraint in the use of or abstinence from alcohol rights |