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Unit 6--Part 3
APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reform movement that called for governmental policies to right political, economic, and social wrongs of industrial age | Progressivism |
| journalists who exposed social wrongs; incited reform | muckrakers |
| law in which the federal government sold land to the states to build “state” universities | Morrill Act |
| variety shows that entertained the growing middle and working classes | Vaudeville |
| proponent of the Social Gospel; argued in favor of unions and racial equality | Washington Gladden |
| concept that applied Christian principles to fix the problems of society; a good Christian should help re-distribute wealth to poor | Social Gospel |
| ideology that called for government re-distribution of wealth | socialism |
| argued that the wealthy should practice philanthropy | Gospel of Wealth |
| the leading American socialist of the Gilded Age | Eugene Debs |
| uncovered poverty in New York City with his photography | Jacob Riis |
| radical crusader against alcohol | Carrie Nation |
| insulting term for the purchase of Alaska | "Seward's Folly" |
| farmers formed this because main parties were not addressing their concerns | Populist Party |
| he was the leading advocate for farmers; called for addition of silver to the US money supply | William Jennings Bryan |
| made by Bryan, this claimed the current monetary system would punish farmers | Cross of Gold speech |
| name for the Democratic political machine of New York | Tammany Hall |
| he was the corrupt leader of New York's Democratic political machine | Boss Tweed |
| legalized a federal income tax | 16th Amendment |
| direct election of senators | 17th Amendment |
| prohibited alcoholic beverages | 18th Amendment |
| gave women the right to vote at the federal level | 19th Amendment |
| political cartoonist who criticized New York's Democratic political machine boss | Thomas Nast |
| muckraking book about the meatpacking industry | The Jungle |
| regulated interstate commerce in food by inspecting food for safety | Pure Food and Drug Act |
| progressive conservationist who started the Sierra Club | John Muir |