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Chapter 19 in Honors History cards
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Histology
12th Grade
10/04/2011

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Professional bureaucracy
Definition
The idea of specialized jobs in politics.
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Lasses-faire
Definition
‘Hands off’ The government at this time stays out of things.
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Roscoe Conkling
Definition
Representative form New York. Said that Government was all about patronage.
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Gold Standard
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All money had to be backed by gold.
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Bland-Allison Act
Definition
Started the coinage of silver
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Pendleton Act
Definition
Created an exam for federal jobs
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George Washington Plunkett
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Head of Tammany Hall and created the perfect system of exchange of favors.
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Prohibition
Definition
Forbidding of alcohol
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Social Darwinism
Definition
The concept of ‘survival of the fittest’ applied to the social status of humans.
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Henry George
Definition
A social reformer that said that progress was good, but at what social cost and Christian values.
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Settlement Houses
Definition
Helped the less fortunate and helped women adjust.
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Bossism
Definition
Give jobs in exchange for votes.
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Samuel Jones
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Social reformer
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National American Women Suffrage
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Founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton. Focused on the issue of the right to vote of woman.
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Made restraint of trade illegal. Helped stop monopolies, but also hurt the unions.
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McKinley Tariff
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Started by William McKinley. Set up higher protective tariffs.
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World’s Faire
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Attracted people into the cities to show how great the cities were, when in reality, they weren't.
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“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”:
Definition
Novel by L. Frank Baum that represented the government, society, and political issues at the time.
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William McKinley
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Republican presidential candidate and later President. He supported the protective tariff.
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Willaim Jennings Bryan
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Democratic presidential candidate who supported the silver standard and promoted small town values.
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Populist party
Definition
Rural, farm-based individuals that wanted free and unlimited coinage of silver.
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