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chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dishonest or illegal activity, typically involving bribery by those in power | Corruption |
| an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage | Scandal |
| the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. | Discrimination |
| period after the Civil War | The Gilded age |
| coated with a thin layer of gold suggests falseness beneath the surface | gilded |
| made rebates illegal set up Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee railroads | Interstate Commerce Act, |
| practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs | spoils system- |
| this created the Civil Service Commission | the Pendleton Act. |
| system that includes most government jobs, except elected positions, the judiciary, and the military | civil service |
| politicians like Tweed would give Turkeys away during Thanksgiving and coal during the winter in return, the poor would vote for them Boss Tweed cheated NYC tax payers out of over $100 Million Dollars | Boss Tweed |
| made rebates illegal set up Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee railroads | Interstate Commerce Act |
| made it illegal for businesses to limit or destroy competition | Sherman Antitrust Act |
| a crusading journalist a reporter who uncovered problems | Muckraker |
| a person working to destroy monopolies and trusts | trustbuster |
| Tax on people depending on their income | Graduated income tax |
| protection of natural resources | conservation |
| natural area protected and managed by the federal government | national parks |
| Women got the right to vote | 19th amendment |
| A time period in the early 1900s | Prohibition |
| Made selling or transporting alcohol illegal | 18th amendment |
| A meeting that was the beginning of an organization after to gain equal rights | seneca falls convention |
| a public report on meatpacking plants | upton sinclairs The Jungle |
| An agreement between japan and the US that would stop Japanese immigrants from coming to the US | gentlemens agreement |
| what did japanese immigrants do for money | They went to florida and became farmers |
| what caused a mexican immigration | There was a revolution and famine in 1910 that caused this |
| describe the precidencies of roosevelt, taft, and wilson | They were all progressive presidents that made some progress during the gilded age |
| killed by a mob | lynvhing |
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