APUSH Unit 6 Gilded Age Politics

What was a city government marked by corruption, bribery, and kickbacks (common during the Gilded Age) called?

• credit mobilier

• corrected democracy

• exchequer

• political machine

In the late 19th Century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to _______________.

• explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor

• urge Congress to end immigration

• encourage the passage of compulsory education laws

• support the growth of new political parties

The government's ending of the Pullman strike demonstrated what?

• That the government cared about the concerns of the unions
• That the government was frustrated with big businessmen
• That the government cared more about big businesses rather than the workers
• That the government wanted to take on a stronger role in regulating businesses

Who created this cartoon depicting the corruption of Boss Tweed?

• Jacob Riis
• Thomas Nast
• Jane Addams
• Thomas Durant

The most notorious of the political machines was --------------------in New York City.

• Hull House
• Pendergast Hall
• Daly Machine
• Tammany Hall

The scandal involving millions of dollars of government tax money & bribing of government officials was called

• Belknap Scandal

• Whiskey Ring

• Vanderbilt Scandal

• Fisk & Gould Gold Scandal

What was the spoils system?

• A way of keeping fresh fruit from spoiling
• A way of dividing up the money that was made from scandals
• A way that the President used to appoint people to office as political favors
•  A system that was instituted to keep the government from creating waste

Which of the following describes the Pendleton Act?

• It created a required examination for all government jobs
• It made the government purchase a certain amount of silver each month
• It divided the South into five military districts
• It limited the amount of immigrants that could enter the US

The only president to be elected to 2 non-consecutive terms.

• Harrison
• Cleveland
• McKinley
• Grant

Big Business, westward expansion, bad working conditions, political machines, and immigration were issues of what time period in the U.S

• Gilded Age

• Progressive Era

• Building an Empire

• Civil Rights and the 60's