Ch 19 Vocab 1-8

giving government jobs to friends with little to no experience.

• Spoils System

• James Garfield

• Chester Arthur

• Civil Service Act

20th President who tried to end the spoils system; assasinated.

• Spoils System

• James Garfield

• Chester Arthur

• Civil Service Act

21st President who ended the spoils system with the Civil Service Act (Pendleton Act)

• Spoils System

• James Garfield

• Chester Arthur

• Civil Service Act

Created a system where all government jobs were given based on a test of skill & experience.

• Spoils System

• James Garfield

• Chester Arthur

• Civil Service Act

Created the ICC or Interstate Commerce Commission to create fair railroad rates.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Muckraker

Political boss of NYC who bribed voters and government officials to manipulate government (fat guy in all of our cartoons)

• Interstate Commerce Act

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Muckraker

Gave citizens the right to elect U.S. senators every 2 years to prevent the same people from having power.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Muckraker

Journalists who uncover corruption to change or reform problems in the United States.

• Interstate Commerce Act

• William "Boss" Tweed

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Muckraker