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chapter 8 voc valled
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political machine | well organized political parties that dominated local and state government in the late 1800's |
| political boss | leader of a political machine |
| graft | getting money or political power through illegal or dishonest methods |
| kickback | payments of part of the earnings from a job |
| gilded age | named by Mark Twain, applied to the greed and corruption that lurked the surface of society |
| stalwarts | republicans who opposed reforms |
| pendleton civil service act | established civil service commission give exams for government jobs |
| mugwamps | republican reformers who supported Cleveland |
| national grange | founded by Oliver Hudson Kelly, addresssed economiic and political issues for farmers |
| cooperatives | groups tha pooled member's resources to sell directly to markets and to buy goods at wholesale prices |
| interstate commerce act | law that regulated railroad shipping between states |
| graduated income tax | sysytem in which the tax rate varies according to income |
| gold standard | type of money system in which money is worth a specific amount of gold |
| bland allison act | federal law that required the government to buy and mint silver each month 1878 |
| sherman silver purchase act | federal law that required the government to buy and mint silver each month 1890 |
| populist party | the peoples party, that grew in the west |