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What did a person have to do to get a
government job after the Pendleton Act
was passed?
pass an exam
What did political machines want in
exchange for providing new city
dwellers with jobs and homes?
votes
What did the presidential elections in
1876 & 1888 have in common besides
winning the most popular votes?
The candidates still lost the
election any way
What effect did new technology that
helped farmers produce more crops
have on the whole farming industry?
lowered crop prices
What term represents the belief that
literature and art should be presented
in style like regular life?
realism
How were Republicans viewed in
the late 1800s?
Party of Reform
How were Democrats viewed in the
the late 1800s?
Party of Personal Liberty
What are people called who used
their wealth to help society?
Philantropists
Who was kept out of the U.S. after
Congress passed laws against
immigration?
convicts, paupers, mentally
ill
Name 2 ways African Americans
were discouraged from voting in
the late 1880s.
literacy test & poll taxes
How much did immigrants have to pay
to enter the U.S.?
50 cents
What caused Homer Plessy to file
his case against Ferguson?
He was arrested for riding
in an “all-white” train car.
Why did Plessy think the law was
wrong?
He said that the 14th
amendment said that all
men are equal.
Why did the Supreme Court decide the
Plessy v. Ferguson case the way they
did?
They believed that you
could be separate and still
be equal.
What two effects did Plessy v.
Ferguson have on the U.S.?
Blacks and whites had to
use separate facilities, and
whites could legally
discriminate against blacks
for 50 years.
What term means getting money
through illegal ways?
graft
To what state did Pap Singleton lead
African-American “Exodusters” to
escape poor conditions in the South?
Kansas
What happened when Republicans
controlled the Senate and
Democrats controlled the House of
Representatives in the 1870s?
Few laws were passed.
What term means separating the
races?
segregation
Which president was assassinated
because he refused to give out jobs
in the spoils system?
James Garfield
Why was Civil Service Reform
needed?
stop political corruption
How was the South different from
the North regarding racial
segregation?
The South enforced
segregation.
What term came from a book by
Carnegie that meant sharing your
great fortune to further social
progress.?
Gospel of Wealth
Who was the minister who wrote
over 100 “rags to riches” novels?
Horatio Alger
Why did Europeans come to America?
religious freedom, no
military service, jobs, &
able to move up in society
What did the Supreme Court
decide in 1886 on the Wabash
v. Illinois case?
Only the federal
government could control
interstate trade, NOT
states.
What did Nativists want?
less immigration
What were Republicans called that
liked political machines and the
spoils system?
Stalwarts
What were reformers called who
were more moral leaders
concerned with helping the nation
more than with helping a political
party?
Mugwumps
What were laws called in Southern
states that kept whites from
blacks?
Jim Crow Laws