Unit 6 Vocab pt 2

Question 1

Social Gospel

Answer 1

demanded better housing and living conditions for the poor

Question 2

The “Gilded Age”

Answer 2

coined by Mark Twain, shiny surface masked reality

Question 3

Taylorism

Answer 3

developed by Frederick W. Taylor, system of scientific management

Question 4

Omaha Platform

Answer 4

platform for 1892 election, called for free coinage of silver and paper money

Question 5

Pendleton Act

Answer 5

passed to stop “spoils system”

Question 6

Chinese Exclusion Act

Answer 6

signed by President Arthur, prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers

Question 7

Niagara Movement

Answer 7

meeting of blacks at Niagara Falls, wanted end of segregation, economic opportunities, etc.

Question 8

NAACP

Answer 8

wanted to end discrimination and segregation

Question 9

Haymarket Square incident

Answer 9

began with protest against police brutality, dynamite bomb killed several people
Knights of Labor were blamed which led to their downfall

Question 10

Wobblies (I.W.W)

Answer 10

took unskilled African Americans, embraced rhetoric of class conflict and endorsed violent tactics

Question 11

muckrakers

Answer 11

Journalists who wrote about injustices and exposed the filth of society

Question 12

How the Other Half Lives

Answer 12

John Riis, told public about immigrant lives and those who live in tenements

Question 13

The Jungle

Answer 13

Upton Sinclair, exposed meat packing industry in Chicago

Question 14

Lincoln Steffans

Answer 14

NY reporter, wrote series of articles called “The Shame of the Cities”

Question 15

Salvation Army

Answer 15

sought to provide food, shelter, and employment to the poor

Question 16

Munn v. Illinois

Answer 16

“Granger laws” were upheld in this case

Question 17

Interstate Commerce Act

Answer 17

established federal governments’ right to oversee RR activities

Question 18

WCTU

Answer 18

advocated for alcohol prohibition

Question 19

tenements

Answer 19

overcrowded housing for workers and the poor

Question 20

closed shops

Answer 20

company that hires only union members

Question 21

Mother Jones

Answer 21

supported striking RR workers in Pittsburg, paved way for reform

Question 22

political machines

Answer 22

controlled political parties in cities, boss leads machine and attempts to get votes for his party

Question 23

Progressive Movement

Answer 23

stopped unfair business competition, political corruption, social reform, etc.

Question 24

16th amendment

Answer 24

federal income tax authorized

Question 25

17th amendment

Answer 25

allowed pop. election of Senators

Question 26

18th amendment

Answer 26

banned sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol

Question 27

19th amendment

Answer 27

gave women right to vote

Question 28

Mann-Elkins Act

Answer 28

signed by Taft, strengthened powers of ICC (regulates RR) and supported labor unions

Question 29

Realism

Answer 29

the tendency to view things as they are

Question 30

Great Migration

Answer 30

movement of African Americans

Question 31

Greenback Party

Answer 31

campaign for the expansion of the supply of paper money

Question 32

Knights of Labor

Answer 32

Terence v. Powderly leads, welcomed unskilled and skilled workers, wanted a society in which laborers owned the industries