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8th Grade Ch 16
Gilded Age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| People who make money by being dishonest. | Robber Barons |
| What tactics did Robber Barons use to get their way? | Threatened or bribed judges or citizens. |
| What was the period after the Civil War called? | Gilded Age |
| Which president was surrounded by dishonest and corrupt people who took advantage of their positions to cheat and steal? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Name the scandal where railroad managers invented a fake company then bribed Congress for funds? | Credit Mobilier |
| Why was the general public so upset at Congress? | Congress voted themselves a pay raise. |
| Political favors such as work contracts exchanged for money and votes. | Patronage |
| What controlled politics in a town? | Political Machines |
| Who controlled the New York City Democratic Machine? | William Boss Tweed |
| What group wanted to reduce protective tariffs? | Mugwumps |
| What system brought an end to patronage? | Civil Service |
| Why was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act not effective at limiting the power of the trusts? | Lawyers for trusts could get around the law. |
| On what did the value of money depend? | How much gold the government had. |
| What gave Populists a huge boost? | Failure of the economy. |
| Which presidential candidate supported the idea of using silver to increase the money supply? | William Jennings Bryan |
| Being much more than is needed. | lavish |
| A company that is run by a group of people who are as one person. | Corporation |
| An evil person | scoundrel |
| Not shared with others | exclusive |
| A legal, written agreement. | Contract |
| The robber barons made a lot of money by? | Illegal means. |
| What did many rich and powerful people do to those who ran the government to get what they wanted? | bribe |
| Many of these took place during the time that Grant was president. | scandals |
| Some people took advantage of the serious problems in cities in order to gain? | political power |
| Machine politics was based on bribery and? | corruption |
| In the 1870s dishonest political bosses did what to control many important American cities? | gained control |
| A weakness in a law that makes it ineffective. | loophole |
| To provide the money for | finance |
| To express strong feelings against something | condemn |
| A secret plan to do something wrong or illegal. | conspiracy |
| A person who supports a cause. | advocate |
| This gave government jobs to people with the best political connections. | Spoils system |
| This act made people pass a test to get a government job. | Civil Service Act |
| What group treated their competitors unfairly? | Railroad companies |
| This act stopped many of the unfair business practices used by the railroads. | Interstate Commerce Act |
| What two groups took control of most businesses? | Monopolies and trusts |
| Wide-ranging | sweeping |
| To put together for a common use or a special purpose? | pool |
| A formal list of ideas and policies. | platform |
| A supply of something for later use. | reserve |
| Who faced rising costs while the prices for their crops fell? | farmers |
| Why did farmers work together? | to lower the cost of farming |
| What did most politicians do to the farmers once they were elected? | broke their promises |
| What political party was started by farmers to change the way they were treated? | Populist |
| Why did the Populists lose the election? | They did not have the support of the workers. |
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