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Gilded Age #26
Gilded Age #26
- The Gilded Age gets the name from a book written by Charlie Dudley Warner and what other famous author?
- What political body did Twain hate? ___________________________
- The most famous political machine was Tammany Hall, located in what city?
- In exchange for the help these political machines gave to the poor and the immigrant classes, the machine wanted what?
- When voter fraud was not enough, many of the political machines chose to use what two methods?
- Which one-term president was assassinated during this time of corrupt politics?
- Which party was against the tariffs? __________________________________
- The Sherman Anti-trust Act was designed to break up monopolies but instead was usually used against what types of organizations?
Progressive Era #27
Progressive Era #27
- If the Gilded Age was a period where people noted that there were societal problems, what did people do in the Progressive Age?
- Large, monopolistic, industrial combinations were called what?
- What is a form of journalism, where the dirt of society was shown to the people?
- What 2 Acts did the Jungle lead to?
- Since workers did not have twitter, what did they have to organize in order to be heard?
- The ‘Wobblies’ or the Industrial Workers of the World, were what kind of political group?___________________________________________________________
- The dangerous accumulation of wealth was thought to be cured by what?
- What were some of the ‘new-fangled devices’ of the mass-consumer society?
- What is the process of allowing voters to put issues directly on the ballot and voting on them at the time of elections?
- How were immigrants shut out of the political process?
- Other than literacy requirements, some southern states also charged what?
- What is the Supreme Court decision of 1896 which made segregation legal?
- What organization did W. E. B. DuBois help found?
- What tactics of the progressives do we use today to try to change social issues?
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