When government jobs are given based on qualifications and not friendships

Who supported the Civil Service system?

The ___ amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War

The __ amendment abolished slavery.

Supporters of patronage

This taxes different income levels at different rates

Extreme dislike of immigration by native-born people

First law enacted to regulate taxes and trade within the states, specifically with the railroads

Required that jobs be filled out by competitive exams

Separate but equal

discrimination and segregation laws in the south

Treaty that gave the US trading rights at two Japanese ports

Economic and imperial domination of a strong nation over weaker ones

Leader of Hawaii that tried to reassert the monarchy's power but was overthrown

the _____ was created at the Pan-American Conference to promote cooperation among the Western Hemisphere

Pago Pago was established to:

believed African Americans could earn constitutional rights through economic security and respectability

believed that protesting is necessary to fight for constitutional rights

pushed for a fair trial by law for those accused of a crime

US Naval Officer who build public support for the idea that the nation needed a navy

advocate of Pan-Americanism

argued English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government

common man/woman of the US

this person seems all powerful but is just a regular person

represented by the American South which supported populism

this character represents the farmers

represents Williams Jennings Bryan

represents factory workers who worked like machines

located mainly in immigrant neighborhoods

focused on better conditions based on biblical ideals

necessary for the success of immigrant children

combined faith and interest in reform

place for entertainment

the place where European immigrants went in order to be let into the US

unofficial government of the quickly growing cities

Little Italy, Chinatown

lived in the heart of the city

built mansions

moved away from the cities

lived in normal homes

doctors and lawyers

lived in overcrowded apartments

worked in terrible conditions

lived in tenements