Chapter 22 Flashcards
Conducts exams for federal jobs.
The Civil Service Commission
Prohibited businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition.
Sherman Antitrust Act
What was the period of time called from 1870-1890 when reformers tried to clean up corruption?
Gilded Age
What was set up to oversee the railroads?
The Interstate Commerce commission.
Who was the president from 1829-1886 who worked to reform the spoils system?
Chester A. Arthur
Another word for ability.
Merit
The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.
Patronage.
A business that crosses state lines.
Interstate Commerce
All federal jobs and those in the military. (No elected offices)
Civil Service Jobs
Two concerns that shaped politics in the Gilded Age.
Spoils system
Lack of regulation of big business.
Who investigated the New York Customhouse?
President Hayes.
What set up the Civil Service Commission to conduct exams for Federal jobs?
The Pendleton Act.
The Pendleton Act set up the Civil Service to conduct exams for which kind of jobs?
Federal Jobs.
Which two new laws tried to limit the power of big business?
Interstate commerce Act
Sherman Antitrust Act.
What forbade trusts and other business from limiting competition?
The Sherman Antitrust Act.
