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Alexis - History - 9
Alexis - History - 9th grade - Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gilded Age | Many immigrants/laborers worked in poverty for a few rich industrialists (factories) |
| Laissez-Faire | "Allow to Be". Gov't. should play a limited role in business. Should not get involved. |
| Blue Laws | Laws that restricted immoral activity |
| Subsidy | Payment by the gov't. to develop railroads |
| Spoils System | The gov't provides jobs and subsidies (favors) for people. The people support the gov't. |
| Civil Service | The gov't workers that are not elected....have their jobs because of favors. Rutherford B. Hayes fought the spoils system and fires many people given jobs by favors. |
| Steerage | Large area uder the ship's deck where immigrants were forced to travel |
| Tenement | Narrow rows of low cost apartment buildings |
| Settlement House | A "community center" - house - to provide social services by volunteers |
| Political Machine | A unofficial city organiation that exchanged favors for votes. The city leaders (policie, fire fighers, transportation, garbage managers) gave people jobs, if people voted for them |
| Graft | The gov't leaders (police, fire fighters, garbage managers) would use their *job to get *money. People would pay them in exchange for favors. This money was feeding the "political machine" |
| Nativism | To favor native born Americans and restrict immigration. Started by a secret society. |
| Prohibition | To prohibit alcohol |
| Temperance movement | A campaign to eliminate drinking and alcohol. |