Chapter 18 Flashcards
Jane Addams
Helped establish the Hull House
Samuel Barnett
established Toynbee Hall amidst the slums of Londons East End
William Jennings Bryan
Nominated by the Democratic party and gave he Cross of Gold Speech
Grover Cleveland
President 22nd and 24th president of the US
James Garfield
20th president of the US assassinated in 1883
Napoleon Lajoie
labored in Woonsocket Rhode Island
William McKinley
25th President of the US. Fought one of the largest democratic movement in US history
Jacob Riis
A journalist who played a key role in an environmental approach to social reform. He helped get tenements destroyed and get child labor laws more effectively enforced.
American Protective association
an anti catholic nativist organisation founded in 1887.
Coinage Act 1873
Congressional Act that made gold the nations monetary standard and halted making silver dollars also referred to as the crime of 1873 by populists
Immigration Restriction league
an anti immigration organization founded in Boston in 1894 that promoted legislation to restrict the immigration of southern and eastern Europeans
Nativism
A movement against immigration and catholic.
Peoples populist party
Third Party made largely of rural people. Organized because neither of the other parties fit their needs. rand candidates for president
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Act that established the modern civil service and initiated an examination for a classified list of federal jobs
Social Gospel
A broad movement among protestants in the late 19th 20th century insisting Christian principles needed to be applied to social problems