Ch 23 -24 quiz apush

grand army of the public

civil war union veterans' organization that became a potent political bulwark of the republican party in the late nineteenth century

credit mobilier

corrupt construction company whose bribes and payoffs to congressmen and others created a major grant administration scandel

stock watering

dishonest device by whuch railroad promoters artificially inflated the price of their stocks and bonds

telephone

late nineteenth century invention that revolutionized communication and created a large new industry that relied heavily on female workers

half breeds

republican party faction led by senator james g blaine that paid lip service to government reform while stilll battling for patronage and spoils

stalwarts

republican party faction led by senator roscoe conkling that opposed all attempts at civil-service form

knights of labor

secret, ritualistic labor organiztion that enrolled many skilled and unskilled workers byt collapsed suddenly after the haymarket square bombing

liberal republican party

short lived third party of 1872 that attempted to curb grant administration corruption

craft unions

skilled labor organizations, such as those of carpenters and printers, that were most successful in conducting strikes and raising wages

mckinley tariff

sky high republican tariff of 1890 that caused widespread anger among farmers on the midwest and the south

greenback labor party

soft money third party that polled over a million votes and elected fourteen congressmen in 1878 by causing an inflammation

wabash case

supreme court case of 1886 that prevented states from regulating railroads or other forms of interstate commerce

civil service

system of choosing federal employees on the basis of merit rather than patronage introduced by the pendleton act of 1883

new south

term that identified southern promoters' belief in a technologically advanced industrial south

central pacific railroad

the california based railroad company, headed by leland stanford, that employed chinese laborers in building lines oacross the mountains

compromise of 1877

the complex political agreement between republicans and democrats that resolved the bitterly disputed election of 1876

american federation of labot / af of l

the conservative labor group that successfully organized a minority of american workers but others are left out

united states steel corporation

the first billion dollar american corporation, organized when j.p. morgan bought out andrew carnegie

great northern railroad

the northernmost of the transcontinental railroad lines, organized by economically wise and public spirited industrialist james j hill

union pacific railroad

the original transcontinental railroad, commissioned by congress, which built its rail line west from omaha

(waving the) bloody shirt

the symbol of republican political tactic of attacking democrats with reminders of civil war

Matching People, Places, and Events (24)

J H M G F O A I E B D L M N C K

Putting Things in order (23)

4 1 5 3 2

Putting Things in Order (24)

5 4 3 2 1

Matching Cause and Effect (24)

I D E H A B J F G C

Matching People, Places and Events (23)

D B A N J H I K O C G E L F M

Matching Cause and Effect (23)

G E C I A J B F D H

chinese

asian immigrant group that experienced discrimination on the west coast

colored national labor union

black labor organization that briefly flourished in the late 1860s

interstate commerce commission

federal regulatory agency often used by rail companies to stabilize the industry and prevent ruinous competition

landgrants

federally owned acreage granted to the railroad companies in order to encourage the building of rail lines

standard oil company

first of the great industrial trusts, organized through a principle of horizontal integration that ruthlessly incorporated or destroyed competitors

populists (peoples party)

insurgent politcal party that gained widespread support among farmers in the 1890s

gilded age

mark twain's sarcastic name for the post civil war era which emphasized its atmosphere of greed and corruption

grandfather clause

notorious clause in southern voting laws that exempted from literacy tests and poll taxes anyone whose ancestors had voted in 1860, thereby excluding blacks

silver

precious metal that soft money advocates demeanded be coined again to compensate for the crime of '73