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The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age Review

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Credit Mobilier A construction company set up by several stockholders of the union pacific, including Oakes Ames, member of Congress.
Political Machines An organization linked to a political party that often controlled local governments.
Blacklist A list of "troublemakers"
Pendleton Act Allowed the president to decide which federal jobs would be filled according to the rules of bipartisan civil service com
Spoils System Practice of handling out gut jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters.
Disfranchisement To deprive the right to vote.
Dumbell Tenements Dark crowded multi family apartment.
Suffrage The right to vote.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act Declared illegal any "combination in the form of trust ... or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among several states"
Tammany Hall New York democratic political machine for which George Plunkitt performed his labors, was the most famous such organization.
Knights of Labor An organization of workers who supported equal pay for women, abolition of child labor, and creation or worker owned factories.
American Federation of Labor Trade union that helped unions to become accepted in American Society
Grange Patrons of Husbandry- national farm organization
Farmers Alliances Organization that recruited farmers outside of TX
Settlement Houses Community center that offered free meals and temporary shelter.
United Mine Workers Labor union that represents workers in mining. Fought for collective bargaining in the early 20th century
Haymarket Riot Square in chicago; Scene of a riot in 1866 between the police and labor unionists
Homestead Strike Strike that began on June 30, 1892 against Carnegie Steal
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Started on July 4th, in Martinsburg WV in response to the cutting of wages.
Pullman Strike Strike in Illionois
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